Index: trunk/src/main.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/main.c	(revision 811)
+++ trunk/src/main.c	(revision 812)
@@ -1419,6 +1419,14 @@
 	resolve_paths(&in, out, 1);
 }
 
+char *resolve_path_inplace(char *in)
+{
+	char *out;
+	resolve_path(in, &out);
+	free(in);
+	return out;
+}
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Figure out the canonical name of the executed program
  * and fix up the defaults for various paths
Index: trunk/src/misc.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/misc.h	(revision 811)
+++ trunk/src/misc.h	(revision 812)
@@ -147,5 +147,9 @@
 /* Allocate *out and copy the path from in to out, replacing ~ with homedir */
 void resolve_path(const char *in, char **out);
 
+/* Same as resolve_path, but it returns the pointer to the new path and calls
+   free() on in */
+char *resolve_path_inplace(char *in);
+
 #endif /* PCB_MISC_H */