From ccac62dd720335b71cb16ce7875d87cc390f21eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kay Marquardt (Gnadelwartz)" <kay@rrr.de>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 17:38:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] download_file: return normalised absolute path

---
 bashbot.sh         | 5 +++--
 doc/6_reference.md | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bashbot.sh b/bashbot.sh
index e28fd54..cb11af8 100755
--- a/bashbot.sh
+++ b/bashbot.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BOTCOMMANDS="-h  help  init  start  stop  status  suspendback  resumeback  killb
 #     8 - curl/wget missing
 #     10 - not bash!
 #
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.41-dev-6-g0702d58
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.41-dev-9-g5294d00
 ##################################################################
 
 # are we running in a terminal?
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ download_file() {
 	file="${DATADIR:-.}/${file//\//-}"
 	[ -f "${file}" ] && file="$(mktemp -p "${DATADIR:-.}" "XXXXX-${file##*/}" )"
 	getJson "${url}" >"${file}" || return
-	printf '%s\n' "${file}"
+	# output absolute file path
+	printf "%s\n" "$(cd "${file%/*}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)/${file##*/}"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/doc/6_reference.md b/doc/6_reference.md
index 107bc0f..d4cf2da 100644
--- a/doc/6_reference.md
+++ b/doc/6_reference.md
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ edit_html_message "${CHAT[ID]}" "${saved-id}" "this is <b>html</b> text"
 ### Get files from Telegram
 
 ##### download_file
-`download_file` download a file to DATADIR and returns the PATH to the file, main use is to download files send to chats.
+`download_file` download a file to `DATADIR` and returns the local `path` to the file on disc, main use is to download files send to chats.
 I tried to be as compatible as possible with old function `download`.
 
 *usage:* download_file path_to_ile prosed_filename
@@ -1627,5 +1627,5 @@ The name of your bot is available as bash variable "$ME", there is no need to ca
 #### [Prev Best Practice](5_practice.md)
 #### [Next Notes for Developers](7_develop.md)
 
-#### $$VERSION$$ v1.41-dev-8-gb91e96d
+#### $$VERSION$$ v1.41-dev-9-g5294d00