X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fdatabase.cc;h=6a15174959812cbb73455670038e55415b5a3105;hb=02a2eeb427d6b424029f6e5e5ddad4c6ec987741;hp=78a24f7e0a43fe6fc9787c0d28ad4947d26280f4;hpb=d08af93c65310c2d5ec8033040854f8ff4e5550f;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 78a24f7e..6a151749 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ notmuch_status_to_string (notmuch_status_t status)
 	return "Unsupported operation";
     case NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED:
 	return "Operation requires a database upgrade";
+    case NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR:
+	return "Path supplied is illegal for this function";
     default:
     case NOTMUCH_STATUS_LAST_STATUS:
 	return "Unknown error status value";
@@ -657,6 +659,12 @@ notmuch_database_create_verbose (const char *path,
 	goto DONE;
     }
 
+    if (path[0] != '/') {
+	message = strdup ("Error: Database path must be absolute.\n");
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
     err = stat (path, &st);
     if (err) {
 	IGNORE_RESULT (asprintf (&message, "Error: Cannot create database at %s: %s.\n",
@@ -847,6 +855,12 @@ notmuch_database_open_verbose (const char *path,
 	goto DONE;
     }
 
+    if (path[0] != '/') {
+	message = strdup ("Error: Database path must be absolute.\n");
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_PATH_ERROR;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
+
     if (! (notmuch_path = talloc_asprintf (local, "%s/%s", path, ".notmuch"))) {
 	message = strdup ("Out of memory\n");
 	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;