[Done]GetExtensionPart() of empty filename

[Kwai chang caine]

Hello FRED

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Debug GetExtensionPart("X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject")

In my mind ...the return of debugger must be "tproject", but here it is empty with 5.73 and 6.10
Is it a bug ?

Have a good day

[juergenkulow]

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; Linux GetExtensionPart does not recognize file names ending with a backslash.
Filename$="X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject"
Debug "GetFilePart:"+GetFilePart(Filename$)
Debug "GetFilePart #PB_FileSystem_NoExtension:"+GetFilePart(Filename$,#PB_FileSystem_NoExtension)
Debug "GetExtensionPart:"+GetExtensionPart(Filename$)
Filename$="A\.svg"
Debug "GetExtensionPart:"+GetExtensionPart(Filename$)
; GetFilePart:X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject
; GetFilePart #PB_FileSystem_NoExtension:X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\
; GetExtensionPart:
; GetExtensionPart:

; kulow@kulow-G73Jw:~$ ls X*.tproject
; 'X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject'

; kulow@kulow-G73Jw:~$ ls A*.svg
; 'A\.svg'

[Fred]

such files are usually hidden files name, which are not really extension only.

[BarryG]

.htaccess is a classic example of a filename that is not an extension.

[Fred]

We could add to GetExtensionPart() and GetFilePart() than a filename starting with a dot '.' (like .htaccess) is considered as a filename and not as an extension as these kind of name are very commonly used to design 'hidden' files

[Kwai chang caine]

Hello FRED

such files are usually hidden files name, which are not really extension only.

Yes you have right, but here it's not really the subject, hidden or not, it's a normal file, he have not name but have a real extension like others, then why it not treaty like the others ?
It's a "tProject" extension of TIZEN, so an extension not a name, and furthermore it's not an hidden file
I have talk about ".tproject", but beside there are a ".project" file not hidden too, and surely numerous files not hidden exist in all the applications of the world

We could add to GetExtensionPart() and GetFilePart() than a filename starting with a dot '.' (like .htaccess) is considered as a filename and not as an extension as these kind of name are very commonly used to design 'hidden' files

We cannot change a rule, the fault of another parameter exist we'll never get out of this
As we would say in France "If my mother had them, it would be my father" or in more politically correct, "With several IF, we would remake the world"
It surprises me a little about you, because you are always implacably logical and rigorous.

Perhaps the solution, is adding a style of parameter like #PB_FileSystem_StrictExtension for be sure a file "a.txt" give the same result than ".txt"
Instead of write this style of KCC cow pat

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Procedure.s GetExtensionPartEx(File.s)
 
 Name$ = GetFilePart(File)
 Extension$ = GetExtensionPart(File)
 
 If Trim(Extension$) = "" And Left(Name$, 1) = "."
  Extension$ = Mid(Name$, 2)
 EndIf
 
 ProcedureReturn Extension$
 
EndProcedure 
 
Debug GetExtensionPartEx("X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.txt")

It's when even a problem when a function not return the same thing according to the attribute of an object, no ???
Especially here, where it's more of a writing convention than anything else, so why bring in attributes that have nothing to see with the sauerkraut (French expression)

This is precisely the strength of PB, the stability in the results of his functions
And that...as someone we know well, would say :



“Whatever it costs”

[NicTheQuick]

@Kwai chang caine: What translator are you using? It's not very good and you are a bit hard to understand. Maybe try DeepL or some AI driven stuff. That would be nice.

Back to topic:
dot-files are hidden files on Linux by convention, but not in Windows. A file with the name ".bashrc" does not have an extension. Its name is ".bashrc" and it is hidden. That's all. Furthermore file extensions does not mean a lot in the Linux world. There are some exceptions but in general Linux usually recognizes file types from the content of the file and not from the extension.f

With Windows this is different. Here file extensions are really important and files starting with a dot are not automatically hidden files. So does that mean we should change the behavior of GetExtensionPart() for Windows and Linux? I am not sure if this is a good idea. I remember that there were also issues creating such files in Windows using the Explorer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/500 ... or-example

But what is a bit weird is this behavior:

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Debug GetFilePart(".bashrc.zip")# Outputs .bashrc.zip

I expected it to output just ".bashrc" here. Compare this to GetExtensionPart():

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Debug GetExtensionPart(".bashrc.zip")# Outputs .zip

As you can see both functions do not represent the same behavior.

[BarryG]

No need for Fred to change anything, IMO. The coder should just check the result:

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Procedure.s GetFileExtension(file$)
  ext$=GetExtensionPart(file$)
  If LCase(ext$)=LCase(file$)
    ext$=""
  EndIf
  ProcedureReturn ext$
EndProcedure

Debug GetFileExtension("X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\file.tproject") ; "tproject"
Debug GetFileExtension("X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject") ; ""
Debug GetFileExtension(".htaccess") ; ""

[Kwai chang caine]

@NicTheQuick
Yes i know it's complicated for FRED to according the three OS
But whatever anyone says, in WINDOWS a ".tproject", ".project" etc... is normal file, not hidden (although it doesn't matter) without name but with extension
It's the reason why, i talk about adding a parameter, perhaps only for WINDOWS (There are several parameters in PB who not works with all OS)

@BarryG
Your code not works for me :
Debug GetFileExtension("X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject") ; ""
return nothing, then ".tproject" is yet good an extension of IDE TIZEN project

[Demivec]

For windows, another thread to reference that is also not a bug: GetFilepart bug

However, it is acceptable to specify a period as the first character of a name. For example, ".temp".
Since a period is used as a separator between a filename and an extension, a period as the first character is part of the filename since there is no filename yet to mark a separation from for an extension to occur.

IMHO it is not a bug. The issue that NicTheQuick demonstrated with two functions, one returning the filename and the other returning the extension, both including the same portion of the name is a more important issue.

[Axolotl]

Hi KCC

maybe this will help.

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; Your Expectation: ".tproject" is an extension instead of an filename 
; 
Global TestFilename$ = "X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject" 

Procedure.s GetExtensionPartEx(FullPathName$) 
  Protected result$, e$, f$ 

  e$ = GetExtensionPart(FullPathName$) 
  f$ = GetFilePart(FullPathName$) 
  
  If e$ = "" And Left(f$, 1) = "." 
    If Right(f$, 1) = "." 
      result$ = e$ 
    Else 
      result$ = Mid(f$, 2) 
    EndIf 
  Else 
    result$ = e$ 
  EndIf 
  ProcedureReturn result$ 
EndProcedure

; the proof is in the pudding .... 
; 
Macro Test_FullPathName(Filename) 
  Debug "Filename = " + Filename
  Debug "  Ext    = " + GetExtensionPart(Filename) 
  Debug "  File   = " + GetFilePart(Filename) 
  Debug "  Ext.Ex = " + GetExtensionPartEx(Filename) 
  Debug "" 
EndMacro 

; the pudding .... 
; 
Test_FullPathName( "X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject" ) 
Test_FullPathName( "X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\a.tproject" ) 
Test_FullPathName( "X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject.a" ) 
Test_FullPathName( "X:\A\A\B\A\B\GTI\A\.tproject." ) 

[mk-soft]

"\.tproject" is still a file without extension and not a file extension.

[Michael Vogel]

"The .htaccess file is always named .htaccess and does not include a filename before the dot"

https://fileinfo.com/extension/htaccess

[NicTheQuick]

"The .htaccess file is always named .htaccess and does not include a filename before the dot"

https://fileinfo.com/extension/htaccess

I don't accept that as a definition. According to ChatGPT, there is no official convention as to whether dotfiles have an empty file name or whether everything is the file name.

There are better discussions about this topic to be found on Stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/321 ... -extension

[Kwai chang caine]

@Axolotl
Thanks for your code

; the proof is in the pudding ....

in fact... each of us, can see an extension or a name in the same word
It's the cherry on the cake