[GRASS-dev] db.execute: ".execute" suffix missing in man page

[Paul Kelly]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Glynn Clements wrote:

[...]
>>> Suggested fix (untested):
>>>
>>> char * G_basename(char *filename, const char *desired_ext)
>>> {
>>>    /* Find the last . in the filename */
>>>    char *dot = strrchr(filename, '.');
>>>
>>>    if (dot && G_strcasecmp(dot + 1, desired_ext) == 0)
>>>       *dot = '\0';
>>>
>>>    return filename;
>>> }
>>
>> That would break the way it is used in r.out.tiff in some circumstances.
>> I'm thinking it might be easier to conditionalise its use in G_parser()
>> and G_set_program_name() on __MINGW32__ as its only purpose there is to
>> strip out the .exe executable extension on Windows?
>>
>> Maybe there should be two functions though. Or maybe stripping out the
>> .exe is quite simple and it doesn't need to use G_basename()?
>>
>> If noone else has fixed this yet I'll try and get to it fairly soon.
>
> I suggest fixing G_basename() as above; the current behaviour is
> counter-intuitive and undesirable in most cases.
>
> r.out.tiff should check for .tif and .tiff separately. This isn't just
> a matter of being able to use G_basename() for other purposes.
> r.out.tiff shouldn't treat anything other than .tif or .tiff (modulo
> case) as a TIFF extension; cf. "area.around.Tifton_GA".

I agree; have committed changes to G_basename() and r.out.tiff 
accordingly. Hopefully the db.execute problem should be fixed now.

Paul