Dear all, I just ran the following part trying to open an Excel-file but it seems tha gretl doesn't recognize the file-extension "*.xls" and add "*.gdt" to it. <hansl> open &quot;(a)path/data/BBK_RealEconIndicators122012_AT.xls&quot; --rowoffset=5 --preserve </hansl> ANSWER: Couldn't open /home/artur/ownCloud/Recession_Detection_gretl/data/BBK_RealEconIndicators122012_AT.xls.gdt I am using Ubuntu 15.10. (64) and a current gretl cvs version (today). Btw, the messages doesn't appear using Win 7. Best, Artur

On Sun, 6 Dec 2015, Artur Tarassow wrote:

> I just want to add, that when the string "path" is replaced by the > concrete path, then no error occurs. > > Am 06.12.2015 um 20:37 schrieb Artur Tarassow: >> Dear all, >> >> I just ran the following part trying to open an Excel-file but it seems >> tha gretl doesn't recognize the file-extension "*.xls" and add "*.gdt" >> to it. >> >> <hansl> >> open &quot;(a)path/data/BBK_RealEconIndicators122012_AT.xls&quot; --rowoffset=5 >> --preserve >> </hansl> >> >> ANSWER: >> Couldn't open >> /home/artur/ownCloud/Recession_Detection_gretl/data/BBK_RealEconIndicators122012_AT.xls.gdt >> I can't replicate this. Anyone else? Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel

On Sun, 6 Dec 2015, Artur Tarassow wrote: > Ok, actually it was my fault :-/ Sorry for this. The path was partly wrong. > Nevertheless, maybe it's more informative to get a messages which tells the > user that this file does not exist instead? It's a standard thing in gretl that if you ask to open a data file of a specified name, and it's not found, we try adding the primary native ".gdt" extension before giving up. This enables you to say, for example, open denmark (as Hamlet might). However, maybe if the original filename contains a "." following the last directory separator, if any (you can see this is getting quite complex), we should amend the "can't open" error message to refer to the original filename rather than the one we've manufactured. Meybe, but low priority. Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel