From 06c478852a1f1752d629dd058201d0b395dad78b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 22:38:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FileManager: Realize the initial path when opened from the
 command line

---
 Applications/FileManager/main.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp b/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
index 114e5df316..39647ea6f1 100644
--- a/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileManager/main.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     // 3. the root directory
     String initial_location;
 
-    if (argc >= 2)
-        initial_location = argv[1];
+    if (argc >= 2) {
+        char* buffer = realpath(argv[1], nullptr);
+        initial_location = buffer;
+        free(buffer);
+    }
 
     if (initial_location.is_empty())
         initial_location = Core::StandardPaths::home_directory();