From efcd83e5e971ead46da10c22edcc688254ca82b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add defaupt path to --conffile, if not set.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name>
---
 doc/ChangeLog    | 1 +
 lib/NewsStats.pm | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 754c69f..bf98ec9 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ NewsStats 0.5.0 (unreleased)
     dopostingstats.sh accordingly, fix all references.
   * Fix missing variable initialisation in FormatOutput().
   * gatherstats: Don't' overwrite User-Agent with X-Newsreader.
+  * Add defaupt path to --conffile, if not set.
 
 NewsStats 0.4.0 (2025-06-02)
   * Reformat $Conf{TLH} for GroupStats only.
diff --git a/lib/NewsStats.pm b/lib/NewsStats.pm
index a68e36d..3653a71 100644
--- a/lib/NewsStats.pm
+++ b/lib/NewsStats.pm
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ sub ReadConfig {
   my ($ConfFile) = @_;
   # set default
   $ConfFile = $HomePath . '/etc/newsstats.conf' if !$ConfFile;
+  # add default path if none is set
+  $ConfFile = $HomePath . '/etc/' . $ConfFile if ($ConfFile !~ /[\\\/]/);
   # mandatory configuration options
   my @Mandatory = ('DBDriver','DBHost','DBUser','DBPw','DBDatabase',
                    'DBTableRaw','DBTableGrps');