ArDrive

Rename Drive

Drives can be renamed from one name to another.

  • A new root folder metadata transaction is created when a user wants to rename an existing drive.

  • The new root folder metadata transaction reuses the existing drive’s Drive-Id and Folder-Id and copies all of it’s old metadata values, but the drive’s and root folder’s name field in its Data JSON must be updated to the new drive name.

    • For private drives, new ciphers are generated for this new root folder metadata transaction.
  • The new root folder transaction must not have have any Parent-Folder-Id since it is a root folder.