Stupid SQL*Loader tricks

[Quoted] [Quoted] Is there any way to overcome SQL*Loader's need to append a .dat to a file defined in INFILE?

[Quoted] As an example, I have a multitude of files of the form detail_xx (WITHOUT any .extension). In my control file I define INFILE = '/foo/bar/up/detail_xx'. When I invoke sqlload, I get an error that there is no file of that name (detail_xx). But, when I append .dat on the end of the detail_xx datafile, sqlload recognizes the INFILE definition.

I don't want to append a .dat to every file I need to load just to make sqlload happy - is there anyway to force sqlload to recognize EXACTLY the INFILE definition?

TIA Steve
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Steve J. Emmett                  semmett_at_patriot.net
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