1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
index a31121148e3..c27efcb7934 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
@@ -1211,6 +1211,49 @@ int BLI_convertstringcode(char *path, const char *basepath)
 	return wasrelative;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Should only be done with command line paths.
+ * this is NOT somthing blenders internal paths support like the // prefix
+ */
+int BLI_convertstringcwd(char *path)
+{
+	int wasrelative = 1;
+	int filelen = strlen(path);
+	
+#ifdef WIN32
+	if (filelen >= 3 && path[1] == ':' && (path[2] == '\\' || path[2] == '/'))
+		wasrelative = 0;
+#else
+	if (filelen >= 2 && path[0] == '/')
+		wasrelative = 0;
+#endif
+	
+	if (wasrelative==1) {
+		char cwd[FILE_MAXDIR + FILE_MAXFILE];
+		BLI_getwdN(cwd); /* incase the full path to the blend isnt used */
+		
+		if (cwd[0] == '\0') {
+			printf( "Could not get the current working directory - $PWD for an unknown reason.");
+		} else {
+			/* uses the blend path relative to cwd important for loading relative linked files.
+			*
+			* cwd should contain c:\ etc on win32 so the relbase can be NULL
+			* relbase being NULL also prevents // being misunderstood as relative to the current
+			* blend file which isnt a feature we want to use in this case since were dealing
+			* with a path from the command line, rather then from inside Blender */
+			
+			char origpath[FILE_MAXDIR + FILE_MAXFILE];
+			BLI_strncpy(origpath, path, FILE_MAXDIR + FILE_MAXFILE);
+			
+			BLI_make_file_string(NULL, path, cwd, origpath); 
+		}
+	}
+	
+	return wasrelative;
+}
+
+
 /* copy di to fi, filename only */
 void BLI_splitdirstring(char *di, char *fi)
 {