--- a/metatools/sysdeftools/rootsysdef.pl	Mon Oct 18 10:23:52 2010 +0100
+++ b/metatools/sysdeftools/rootsysdef.pl	Mon Oct 18 10:33:54 2010 +0100
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@
 	my  ($name,$path) = fileparse($_[0]);
 	if($path eq '' && $name eq '') {return};
 	$path=~tr,\\,/,;
+	if ($path eq './')
+		{
+		return abs_path('.').$name;
+		}
 	if( -e $path)
 		{
 		return abs_path($path)."/$name";