Now I look at it, this same message is reported if the file does not exist, so 
yes, I agree too , could be clearer.



On 19/02/2015, at 10:52 am, Stephen Parker <[email protected]> wrote:

> I definitely recall seeing a more descriptive error message regarding 
> unsupported file formats ... but that may have been a part of the texture 
> system when iterating through all of the plug-ins trying to find a match. 
> However, I agree on both accounts. The error message is technically correct, 
> but could be more descriptive. 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 1:45 PM, Richard Shaw <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Pete Black <[email protected]> wrote:
> It didn’t say it didn’t exist, it said it couldn’t open it.
> 
> $ oiiotool openshot.svg --resize -o openshot.png
> oiiotool ERROR: Could not open file “openshot.svg"
> 
> Not sure how much clearer the message could be made?
> 
> I was interpreting it from more of a file system/permission point of view... 
> If it's not supported then something to the effect of "this format is not 
> supported" would be clearer.
> 
> Richard 
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