cvs -z4 -q diff -u sg_path.cxx (in directory I:\FlightGear\cvs\SimGear\simgear\misc\)
Index: sg_path.cxx
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RCS file: /var/cvs/SimGear-0.3/SimGear/simgear/misc/sg_path.cxx,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.17 sg_path.cxx
--- sg_path.cxx	18 Dec 2005 09:37:37 -0000	1.17
+++ sg_path.cxx	18 Dec 2005 15:05:32 -0000
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     string path = dirlist[0];
     string_list path_elements;
     string element;
+    bool absolute = !path.empty() && path[0] == sgDirPathSep;
     while ( path.size() ) {
         size_t p = path.find( sgDirPathSep );
         if ( p != string::npos ) {
@@ -213,9 +214,10 @@
     }
 
     int i = 1;
-    SGPath dir = path_elements[0];
-#ifdef WIN32
-    if ( path_elements.size() >= 2 ) {
+    SGPath dir = absolute ? string( 1, sgDirPathSep ) : "";
+    dir.concat( path_elements[0] );
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    if ( dir.str().find(':') != string::npos && path_elements.size() >= 2 ) {
         dir.append( path_elements[1] );
         i = 2;
     }