1 files changed, 8 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/win32/process.c b/win32/process.c
index b7f02e431..fda38318a 100644
--- a/win32/process.c
+++ b/win32/process.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static intptr_t
 spawnveq(int mode, const char *path, char *const *argv, char *const *env)
 {
         char **new_argv;
-        char *new_path = NULL;
+        char *s, *new_path = NULL;
         int i, argc;
         intptr_t ret;
         struct stat st;
@@ -229,31 +229,13 @@ spawnveq(int mode, const char *path, char *const *argv, char *const *env)
                 new_argv[i] = quote_arg(argv[i]);
         new_argv[argc] = NULL;
 
-        /*
-         * Special case:  spawnve won't execute a batch file when the path
-         * starts with a '.' and contains forward slashes.
-         */
-        if (new_argv[0][0] == '.') {
-                char *s, *p;
-
-                if (has_bat_suffix(new_argv[0])) {
-                        p = strdup(new_argv[0]);
-                }
-                else {
-                        p = alloc_win32_extension(new_argv[0]);
-                }
-
-                if (p != NULL && has_bat_suffix(p)) {
-                        for (s=p; *s; ++s) {
-                                if (*s == '/')
-                                        *s = '\\';
-                        }
-                        if (new_argv[0] != argv[0])
-                                free(new_argv[0]);
-                        new_argv[0] = p;
-                }
-                else {
-                        free(p);
+        /* Special case:  spawnve won't execute a batch file if the first
+         * argument is a relative path containing forward slashes.  Absolute
+         * paths are fine but there's no harm in converting them too. */
+        if (has_bat_suffix(path)) {
+                for (s=new_argv[0]; *s; ++s) {
+                        if (*s == '/')
+                                *s = '\\';
                 }
         }