From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 17:29:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Interpret a "." prefix as the startdir
X-Git-Tag: 0.0.1~135
X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ccabf1c36488ef0f0a3107f99e9bd43c3b307216

Interpret a "." prefix as the startdir

Since daemonization explicitly changes the working directory to "/",
specifying a mudpy.filing.prefix of "." should be taken to refer to
the original starting directory recorded in Universe.startdir rather
than the current directory for the process.
---

diff --git a/mudpy/data.py b/mudpy/data.py
index f113369..99e6d21 100644
--- a/mudpy/data.py
+++ b/mudpy/data.py
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ def find_file(
                 prefix = os.path.join(universe.startdir, prefix)
 
     # when no root path is specified, assume the current working directory
-    if not prefix:
-        prefix = os.getcwd()
+    if (not prefix or prefix == ".") and hasattr(universe, "startdir"):
+        prefix = universe.startdir
 
     # make sure it's absolute
     prefix = os.path.realpath(prefix)