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Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:10:01 -0500
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On 2/25/2013 1:26 AM, llanitedave wrote:

> On the other hand, it *is* a bit frustrating that Linux recognizes an
> html-style relative path, while Windows insists on the entire
> absolute path.  Maybe we can call it a Windows bug, but a workaround
> would be nice to have.

You can file an enhancement issue, preferably with a patch and test, as 
I do not expect anyone else to write a patch.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy