Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/organizer.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/organizer.py	(revision 16108)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/organizer.py	(revision 16109)
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 from savevars import *
 from model import model
+from whichdb import whichdb
 
 class organizer(object):
@@ -28,5 +29,4 @@
 		self.repository    ='./'
 		self.prefix        ='model.'
-		self.extension        ='' #default extension of python to save models.
 		self.trunkprefix   =''
 		self.steps         =[]
@@ -55,7 +55,4 @@
 		self.requestedsteps=options.getfieldvalue('steps',[0])
 		
-		#Get extension
-		self.extension=options.getfieldvalue('extension','')
-
 		#Get trunk prefix (only if provided by user)
 		if options.exist('trunkprefix'):
@@ -72,5 +69,4 @@
 		s+="%s\n" % "   Repository: '%s'" % self.repository
 		s+="%s\n" % "   Prefix:     '%s'" % self.prefix
-		s+="%s\n" % "   Extension:     '%s'" % self.extension
 		if not self.steps:
 			s+="%s\n" % "   no step"
@@ -101,8 +97,8 @@
 		if not isinstance(string,(str,unicode)):
 			raise TypeError("argument provided is not a string")
-		path=os.path.join(self.repository,self.prefix+'.step#'+string+'.python'+self.extension)
+		path=os.path.join(self.repository,self.prefix+'.step#'+string+'.python')
 
 		#figure out if the model is there, otherwise, we have to use the default path supplied by user.
-		if os.path.exists(path):
+		if whichdb(path):
 			md=loadmodel(path)
 			return md
@@ -110,5 +106,5 @@
 		#If we are here, the model has not been found. Try trunk prefix if provided
 		if self.trunkprefix:
-			path2=os.path.join(self.repository,self.trunkprefix+string+self.extension)
+			path2=os.path.join(self.repository,self.trunkprefix+string)
 			if not os.path.exists(path2):
 				raise IOError("Could find neither '%s' nor '%s'" % (path,path2))