1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
index cfbf68c3..2a0e9321 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiSavedSearch.pm
@@ -115,9 +115,16 @@ sub up { # updating existing saved search via "lei up"
  sub new { # new saved search "lei q --save"
          my ($cls, $lei) = @_;
          my $self = bless { ale => $lei->ale }, $cls;
+        require File::Path;
          my $dst = $lei->{ovv}->{dst};
+
+        # canonicalize away relative paths into the config
+        if ($lei->{ovv}->{fmt} eq 'maildir' &&
+                        $dst =~ m!(?:/*|\A)\.\.(?:/*|\z)! && !-d $dst) {
+                File::Path::make_path($dst);
+                $lei->{ovv}->{dst} = $dst = $lei->abs_path($dst);
+        }
          my $dir = lss_dir_for($lei, \$dst);
-        require File::Path;
          File::Path::make_path($dir); # raises on error
          $self->{-cfg} = {};
          my $f = $self->{'-f'} = "$dir/lei.saved-search";