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-rw-r--r--ranger/core/main.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ranger/core/main.py b/ranger/core/main.py
index 99a32750..4adea918 100644
--- a/ranger/core/main.py
+++ b/ranger/core/main.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def parse_arguments():
     def path_init(option):
         argval = args.__dict__[option]
         try:
-            path = os.path.realpath(argval)
+            path = os.path.abspath(argval)
         except OSError as ex:
             sys.stderr.write(
                 '--{0} is not accessible: {1}\n{2}\n'.format(option, argval, str(ex)))