Alternative to io.rename() for editor scripts

The Defoldmine
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To be able to rename files in editor scripts I wrote this horror of a function:

local function hacky_rename(old_path, new_path)
    local old_file = io.open(old_path, "rb")
    local old_data = old_file:read("*a")
    io.close(old_file)

    local new_file, err = io.open(new_path, "wb")
    new_file:write(old_data)
    io.close(new_file)
end

Example usage:

hacky_rename("./main/main.collection", "./main/not_main.collection")
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