Single file given with --data= command line option is not loaded if it is part of a file series
This issue was created automatically from an original Mantis Issue. Further discussion may take place here.
PV 3.10.1 official binary release and own build of git master as of now:
$ file Data/FileSeries/blow?.vtk Data/FileSeries/blow0.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow1.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow2.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow3.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow4.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow5.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow6.vtk: ASCII C program text Data/FileSeries/blow9.vtk: ASCII C program text
=> The file Data/FileSeries/blow0.vtk does exist. Try to load it into ParaView from the command line:
$ paraview --data=Data/FileSeries/blow0.vtk
=> PV 3.10.1 does not load the file nor reports any error, while PV nightly build states: Cannot open data file " Data/FileSeries/blow0.vtk "
This is a regression. With PV 3.4.0 (official binary release) either case of
$ paraview --data=Data/FileSeries/blow0.vtk
(to load a single file) and
$ paraview --data=Data/FileSeries/blow..vtk
(to load the complete file series) worked. It stopped working at least with PV 3.6.2.