--- gnuclient.c.orig	1999-09-11 23:37:24.000000000 +0200
+++ gnuclient.c	2005-01-21 10:13:47.761252000 +0100
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
 	WIN32_FIND_DATA finddata;
 	HANDLE handle;
 
+	// If filename given is a Cygwin path, don't expand filename
+	if (filename[0] == '/') {
+		strcpy (fullpath, filename);
+		return (TRUE);
+	}
+
 	if (!GetFullPathName (filename, MAXPATHLEN + 2, fullpath, &fname)) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "Unable to get full pathname for %s\n", filename);
 		return (FALSE);