Index: src/common/text.c
===================================================================
--- src/common/text.c	(revision 1511)
+++ src/common/text.c	(working copy)
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@
 	char *fs;
 	struct tm *tm;
 	time_t now;
+	char *xdir;
 
 	if (!netname)
 		netname = "NETWORK";
@@ -530,14 +531,11 @@
 	strftime (fnametime, sizeof (fnametime), fname, tm);
 
 	/* create final path/filename */
-#ifdef WIN32
-	if (fnametime[0] == '/' || (fnametime[0] >= 'A' && fnametime[1] == ':'))
-#else
-	if (fnametime[0] == '/')	/* is it fullpath already? */
-#endif
+	xdir = get_xdir_utf8 ();
+	if (!strncmp(fnametime, xdir, strlen(xdir)))
 		snprintf (fname, sizeof (fname), "%s", fnametime);
 	else
-		snprintf (fname, sizeof (fname), "%s/xchatlogs/%s", get_xdir_utf8 (), fnametime);
+		snprintf (fname, sizeof (fname), "%s/xchatlogs/%s", xdir, fnametime);
 
 	/* now we need it in FileSystem encoding */
 	fs = xchat_filename_from_utf8 (fname, -1, 0, 0, 0);