X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mudpy%2Fdata.py;h=0483cd7ad54bde929aeca8f80839fad5e6fa9d87;hp=8b7e731510a8db0def01f2c81e73d0c39bc683f7;hb=3716a4cf43e0be2811dc8aeb0603f99209c42757;hpb=7c003a0c7786083c6b0697d23b1b595dc70005bd

diff --git a/mudpy/data.py b/mudpy/data.py
index 8b7e731..0483cd7 100644
--- a/mudpy/data.py
+++ b/mudpy/data.py
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ def find_file(
 ):
     """Return an absolute file path based on configuration."""
 
-    # make sure to get rid of any surrounding quotes first thing
-    if file_name:
-        file_name = file_name.strip("\"'")
-
     # this is all unnecessary if it's already absolute
     if file_name and os.path.isabs(file_name):
         return os.path.realpath(file_name)
@@ -218,11 +214,11 @@ def find_file(
            ) and "internal:storage" in universe.contents:
             storage = universe.categories["internal"]["storage"]
             if not root_path:
-                root_path = storage.get("root_path").strip("\"'")
+                root_path = storage.get("root_path")
             if not search_path:
                 search_path = storage.get("search_path")
             if not default_dir:
-                default_dir = storage.get("default_dir").strip("\"'")
+                default_dir = storage.get("default_dir")
 
         # if there's only one file loaded, try to work around a chicken<egg
         elif hasattr(universe, "files") and len(
@@ -247,16 +243,18 @@ def find_file(
                     "internal:storage", "").get("search_path", "")
 
         # another fallback root path, this time from the universe startdir
-        if not root_path and hasattr(universe, "startdir"):
-            root_path = universe.startdir
+        if hasattr(universe, "startdir"):
+            if not root_path:
+                root_path = universe.startdir
+            elif not os.path.isabs(root_path):
+                root_path = os.path.join(universe.startdir, root_path)
 
     # when no root path is specified, assume the current working directory
     if not root_path:
         root_path = os.getcwd()
 
-    # otherwise, make sure it's absolute
-    elif not os.path.isabs(root_path):
-        root_path = os.path.realpath(root_path)
+    # make sure it's absolute
+    root_path = os.path.realpath(root_path)
 
     # if there's no search path, just use the root path and etc
     if not search_path:
@@ -272,7 +270,6 @@ def find_file(
 
     # if an existing file or directory reference was supplied, prepend it
     if relative:
-        relative = relative.strip("\"'")
         if os.path.isdir(relative):
             search_path = [relative] + search_path
         else:
@@ -281,7 +278,6 @@ def find_file(
     # make the search path entries absolute and throw away any dupes
     clean_search_path = []
     for each_path in search_path:
-        each_path = each_path.strip("\"'")
         if not os.path.isabs(each_path):
             each_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(root_path, each_path))
         if each_path not in clean_search_path: