X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fdatabase.cc;h=6a15174959812cbb73455670038e55415b5a3105;hb=32fd74b7aa9c24ec77f8c59d09f89e0535bf64cd;hp=e726f629dc89af2f1657125530d6889b9be02651;hpb=b59ad1a9cc6ea03764b1cd3d038920581ac5a9c4;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index e726f629..6a151749 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -659,6 +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",
@@ -849,6 +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;