Opened 11 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#5124 closed defect (wontfix)
GeoTIFF file extension uses DOS 8.3 TIF extension
| Reported by: | arencambre | Owned by: | warmerdam |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | GDAL_Raster | Version: | svn-trunk |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | aren@… |
Description
Per line 9948 of /frmts/gtiff/geotiff.cpp, GDAL is using .tif for file extensions. .tif is an a truncated version of the .tiff file extension and is mainly used for compatibility with Microsoft FAT's archaic 8.3 filename format.
Please use the standard .tiff extension instead.
This blocks resolution of http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8109.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 11 years ago
| Milestone: | 1.10.1 |
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comment:2 by , 11 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The GDAL extension metadata reflects the most widely used extension for the format (as a suggestion when creating new files) and .tif is clearly the widely used extension. This in no way restricts the ability of applications to use other extensions or users (assuming the application isn't interfering) to use any name they want.
I don't think any action is called for.
I don't understand why you would prefer having .tiff instead of .tif. All datasets in GeoTIFF format that exist in the wild use .tif, and not .tiff. I'd be happy to remain archaic for the next 20 years as far as this is concerned !