--- xcalendar-vanilla/dayeditor.c	1995-09-30 21:54:55.000000000 -0700
+++ xcalendar/dayeditor.c	2004-04-20 00:01:25.000586944 -0700
@@ -252,16 +252,27 @@
     firstDay = FirstDay(month, year);
 
     if (calendarDir == NULL) {
+	homedir = getenv("HOME");
 	if (appResources.calendarDir == NULL) {
 	    /* open the ~/Calendar directory - create if necessary */
-	    homedir = getenv("HOME");
 
 	    calendarDir = XtMalloc(strlen(homedir) + 10);
 	    strcpy(calendarDir, homedir);
 	    strcat(strcat(calendarDir, "/"), "Calendar");
 	} else {
-	    calendarDir = XtMalloc(strlen(appResources.calendarDir) + 3);
-	    strcpy(calendarDir, appResources.calendarDir);
+	    /* check fo absolute path */
+	    if (appResources.calendarDir[0] == '/')
+	    {
+	    	/* calendarDir is an absolute /xxxxx path */
+	    	calendarDir = XtMalloc(strlen(appResources.calendarDir) + 3);
+	    	strcpy(calendarDir, appResources.calendarDir);
+	    } else {
+		/* not absolute -> prefix homedir */
+		calendarDir = XtMalloc(strlen(homedir) + 
+			strlen(appResources.calendarDir) + 3);
+		strcpy(calendarDir, homedir);
+		strcat(strcat(calendarDir, "/"), appResources.calendarDir);
+	    }
 	}
     }
     error_status = stat(calendarDir, &dir_status);