Fix file pathing in daemon mode

If run as a daemon, the working directory is reset to "/" for
safety. Make sure that relative file searching takes this into
account and prefixes with the original (pre-chdir) start directory
rather than the current working directory.

diff --git a/mudpy/data.py b/mudpy/data.py
index 8b7e731..c4848be 100644 (file)
--- a/mudpy/data.py
+++ b/mudpy/data.py
@@ -247,16 +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: