# LibTmux::Configuration::Buffers.rename

- **Module:** LibTmux::Configuration
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Raku
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-raku/blob/0b5dd3d32e20f83a0069874e33eab0eb48f55962/lib/LibTmux/Configuration.rakumod#L453
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/raku/latest/reference/libtmux-configuration-buffers-rename/

```
method rename(Str:D $name, Str:D $new-name --> Result:D)
```

Rename a buffer without decoding its contents.

Rename a buffer without decoding its contents.

## Parameters

- `$name` (`Str:D`)
- `$new-name` (`Str:D`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `rename`.

- [`set-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/set-buffer/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_set_buffer_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_set_buffer_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_set_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-set-buffer-c-cmd_set_buffer_exec/) (function)