X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mudpy%2Fdata.py;h=c4848be27c1cfd42c6f38c9af4f4d5645598768c;hp=d7de13addc111a43ea5dbd07da5de5b04376a448;hb=275b3f156a8ceb0ec50e5651cbcb8415269c7dd4;hpb=5210334c47e97988ea55543d60a6b24985ebd140

diff --git a/mudpy/data.py b/mudpy/data.py
index d7de13a..c4848be 100644
--- a/mudpy/data.py
+++ b/mudpy/data.py
@@ -134,15 +134,17 @@ class DataFile:
             if "__control__" in self.data and "backup_count" in self.data[
                     "__control__"]:
                 max_count = self.data["__control__"]["backup_count"]
-            else:
+            elif "mudpy.limit" in self.universe.contents:
                 max_count = self.universe.contents["mudpy.limit"].get(
-                    "backups")
+                    "backups", 0)
+            else:
+                max_count = 0
             if os.path.exists(self.filename) and max_count:
                 backups = []
                 for candidate in os.listdir(os.path.dirname(self.filename)):
                     if re.match(
                        os.path.basename(self.filename) +
-                       """\.\d+$""", candidate
+                       r"""\.\d+$""", candidate
                        ):
                         backups.append(int(candidate.split(".")[-1]))
                 backups.sort()
@@ -245,16 +247,18 @@ 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: