From b5e4e42505095c70af3186e53159e20d159661e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Diehl <mail@martin-diehl.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 14:44:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] splitext includes leading dot

---
 python/damask/geom.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/damask/geom.py b/python/damask/geom.py
index 63ce20115..bfe475730 100644
--- a/python/damask/geom.py
+++ b/python/damask/geom.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class Geom():
             ext = os.path.splitext(fname)[1]
             if ext == '':
                 name = fname + '.' + writer.GetDefaultFileExtension()
-            elif ext == writer.GetDefaultFileExtension():
+            elif ext[1:] == writer.GetDefaultFileExtension():
                 name = fname
             else:
                 raise ValueError("unknown extension {}".format(ext))