The g_path_is_absolute() considers more situations than just a simply "path[0] == '/'". Related issue: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/12 Signed-off-by: Luke Yue <lukedyue(a)gmail.com&gt; --- src/util/virfile.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c index 93fac200cc..3311eaff3d 100644 --- a/src/util/virfile.c +++ b/src/util/virfile.c @@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ virFileOpenTty(int *ttyprimary G_GNUC_UNUSED, int virFileAbsPath(const char *path, char **abspath) { - if (path[0] == '/') { + if (g_path_is_absolute(path)) { *abspath = g_strdup(path); } else { g_autofree char *buf = g_get_current_dir(); -- 2.31.1