[gdb/cli] Don't assert on empty string for core-file

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / corelow.c

diff --git a/gdb/corelow.c b/gdb/corelow.c
index eb785a08633ac1659711a8c30e38aa90067ea333..711e86c4cd4b5fc07670140baf8aea186e69657c 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/corelow.c
+++ b/gdb/corelow.c
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ core_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty)
     }
 
   gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> filename (tilde_expand (arg));
-  if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.get ()))
+  if (strlen (filename.get ()) != 0
+      && !IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename.get ()))
     filename = gdb_abspath (filename.get ());
 
   flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;