From fae4b615347dd4279205b700d52da4c8759667f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: isanae <14251494+isanae@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 04:44:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] resolve cwd before creating directory

---
 src/core/process.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/process.cpp b/src/core/process.cpp
index 8437a62..a7305bb 100644
--- a/src/core/process.cpp
+++ b/src/core/process.cpp
@@ -408,7 +408,11 @@ void process::create(
 	cx_->trace(context::cmd, "creating process");
 
 	if (!cwd.empty())
-		op::create_directories(*cx_, cwd);
+	{
+		// the path might be relative, especially when it comes from the command
+		// line, in which case it would fail the safety check
+		op::create_directories(*cx_, fs::absolute(cwd));
+	}
 
 	// cwd
 	const wchar_t* cwd_p = (cwd.empty() ? nullptr : cwd.c_str());