newext

1. SYNOPSIS

s = newext(old, new, fname, delim )

2. DESCRIPTION

Return a string for a file name with a new extension. The extension delimiter can be specified to allow other changes in file names. The following rules take place:

• item_( For multiple extensions, only the last occurence of old is replaced with new. )
• If the string old is not present in fname,the last extension is replaced by new.
• If the file does not contain any extension,the extension new is appended to it.

3. PARAMETERS

old

String with old extension.

new

String with new extension.

fname

Name of file.

delim optional

Specifies the extension delimeter to use. Default is '˙'. If delim is s tring with more than one character,all of them are used as the extension delimiter.

4. RETURNS

The new file name.

5. AUTHORS

Pierre Jaccard, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 1999