[gdal-dev] CSV file extension

[Andreas Oxenstierna]

Thanks - missed that documentation.
Stopped reading at "OGR only supports CSV files ending with the 
extension ".csv"
-maybe the sentences should be reorganised to someting like:
OGR supports CSV files ending with the extension ".csv" or any other CSV 
file with any file extension if defining the source as CSV:<filename>

> Andreas Oxenstierna wrote
>> Can ogr read a csv file with another extension, like txt ?
>>
>> I do not suceed
>
> Hi,
>
>  From the manual page https://www.gdal.org/drv_csv.html
>
> "While in theory .csv files could have any extension, in order to
> auto-recognise the format OGR only supports CSV files ending with the
> extension ".csv". The datasource name may be either a single CSV file or
> point to a directory. For a directory to be recognised as a .csv datasource
> at least half the files in the directory need to have the extension .csv.
> One layer (table) is produced from each .csv file accessed.
>
> Starting with GDAL 1.8.0, for files structured as CSV, but not ending with
> .CSV extension, the 'CSV:' prefix can be added before the filename to force
> loading by the CSV driver."
>
> Try ogrinfo CSV:my_text.txt
>
>
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
>
>
>
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Andreas Oxenstierna
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