X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FBackupFiles.java;h=c67c307d223badfe1d10349283b4a846e57aee75;hb=c24ec44edbedba55005373c43bf712c047b56faa;hp=911204272b2f282ae352da05bf8e19129a3877b2;hpb=772049d78841aff3a1d40386eb9536d8aef8b644;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/BackupFiles.java b/src/jalview/io/BackupFiles.java
index 9112042..c67c307 100644
--- a/src/jalview/io/BackupFiles.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/BackupFiles.java
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ public class BackupFiles
   public BackupFiles(File file)
   {
     classInit();
+    if (file.getParentFile() == null)
+    {
+      // filename probably in pwd represented with no parent -- fix it before
+      // it's a problem
+      file = file.getAbsoluteFile();
+    }
     this.file = file;
 
     // add this file from the save in progress stack
@@ -252,7 +258,8 @@ public class BackupFiles
       if (file != null)
       {
         String tempfilename = file.getName();
-        File tempdir = file.getParentFile();
+        File tempdir = file.getAbsoluteFile().getParentFile();
+        tempdir.mkdirs();
         Console.trace(
                 "BACKUPFILES [file!=null] attempting to create temp file for "
                         + tempfilename + " in dir " + tempdir);
@@ -282,7 +289,7 @@ public class BackupFiles
     this.setTempFile(temp);
   }
 
-  public static void classInit()
+  private static void classInit()
   {
     Console.initLogger();
     Console.trace("BACKUPFILES classInit");