# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1164048585 0
# Node ID 880235733789069b8b4242ff54e23d3fb993280f
# Parent  ac4821cdb7408665cb3c85acf46de391df369260
[project @ 2006-11-20 18:49:45 by jwe]

diff --git a/liboctave/ChangeLog b/liboctave/ChangeLog
--- a/liboctave/ChangeLog
+++ b/liboctave/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-11-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* oct-env.cc (octave_env::do_absolute_pathname): Also return true
+	for ".", and names beginning with "./" or "../".
+
 2006-11-14  Luis F. Ortiz  <lortiz@interactivesupercomputing.com>
 
 	* CMatrix.cc, dMatrix.cc: New tests.
diff --git a/liboctave/oct-env.cc b/liboctave/oct-env.cc
--- a/liboctave/oct-env.cc
+++ b/liboctave/oct-env.cc
@@ -258,6 +258,15 @@
     return true;
 #endif
 
+  if (len == 1 && s[0] == '.')
+    return true;
+
+  if (len > 1 && s[0] == '.' && file_ops::is_dir_sep (s[1]))
+    return true;
+
+  if (len > 2 && s[0] == '.' && s[1] == '.' && file_ops::is_dir_sep (s[2]))
+    return true;
+
   return false;
 }