diff --git a/S32-io/rename.t b/S32-io/rename.t
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+use v6;
+use Test;
+
+plan 19;
+
+my $existing-file1 = "tempfile-rename1";
+my $existing-file2 = "tempfile-rename2";
+my $non-existent-file = "non-existent-rename";
+
+{ # write the file first
+    my $fh = open($existing-file1, :w);
+    $fh.print: "0123456789AB";
+    $fh.close();
+}
+
+{ # write the file first
+    my $fh = open($existing-file2, :w);
+    $fh.print: "0123456789ABC";
+    $fh.close();
+}
+
+# sanity check
+ok $existing-file1.IO.e, 'sanity check 1';
+ok $existing-file2.IO.e, 'sanity check 2';
+nok $non-existent-file.IO.e, "sanity check 2";
+
+# method .IO.rename
+#?niecza skip 'Unable to resolve method s in class IO'
+{
+    my $dest1a = "tempfile-rename-dest1a";
+    my $dest1b = "tempfile-rename-dest1b";
+    
+    my $existing-size1 = $existing-file1.IO.s;
+    ok $existing-file1.IO.rename( $dest1a ), '.IO.rename normal file';
+    nok $existing-file1.IO.e, 'source file no longer exists';
+    ok $dest1a.IO.e, 'dest file exists';
+    is $dest1a.IO.s, $existing-size1, 'dest file has same size as source file';
+    
+    throws-like { $non-existent-file.IO.rename( $dest1b ) }, X::IO::Rename, '.IO.rename non-existent file';
+    nok $dest1b.IO.e, "dest file doesn't exist";
+
+    ok unlink($dest1a), 'clean-up 1';
+}
+
+# sub rename()
+#?niecza skip 'Unable to resolve method s in class IO'
+{
+    my $dest2a = "tempfile-rename-dest2a";
+    my $dest2b = "tempfile-rename-dest2b";
+    
+    my $existing-size3 = $existing-file2.IO.s;
+    ok rename( $existing-file2, $dest2a ), 'rename() normal file';
+    nok $existing-file1.IO.e, 'source file no longer exists';
+    ok $dest2a.IO.e, 'dest file exists';
+    is $dest2a.IO.s, $existing-size3, 'dest file has same size as source file';
+
+    throws-like { rename( $non-existent-file, $dest2b ) }, X::IO::Rename; '.IO.rename missing file';
+    nok $dest2b.IO.e, "It doesn't";
+
+    ok unlink($dest2a), 'clean-up 2';
+}
+
+# clean up
+ok unlink($existing-file1), 'clean-up 3';
+ok unlink($existing-file2), 'clean-up 4';
+
+# vim: ft=perl6