From d8afee8fec40ea3ad578da0e3f87eb8d3721afd5 2012-09-16 21:03:06
From: Ohad Ravid <ohad.rv@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-09-16 21:03:06
Subject: [PATCH] Answer Issue #2366

If a file notebook is used, and a relative directory is given, make it
absolute.

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/nbmanager.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/nbmanager.py
index 07625d1..42de93c 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/nbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/nbmanager.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class NotebookManager(LoggingConfigurable):
     """)
     def _notebook_dir_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """do a bit of validation of the notebook dir"""
+        if not os.path.isabs(new):
+            # If we receive a non-absolute path, make it absolute.
+            abs_new = os.path.abspath(new)
+            self.notebook_dir = abs_new
+            return
         if os.path.exists(new) and not os.path.isdir(new):
             raise TraitError("notebook dir %r is not a directory" % new)
         if not os.path.exists(new):