Renaming website's root directory?

[iantresman]

If I change a directory's root directory on the Hosting Settings page, from the default "httpdocs" to "my-domain.com", will it (a) rename the existing directory (b) create a new directory, and leave all the previous content behind?

If the latter, can I manually rename the directory, and then updating the root directory?

 

[Faris Raouf]

I've never tried it, but instinct tells me it will rename it, because otherwise you'd be left with an orphan directory.

There's one easy way to find out: try it!

If it doesn't rename then you can just copy the files accross.