From 635e981fc429382f4be1d6f350570228ebfa5795 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:06:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix problem with correcting case on linux.

---
 src/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py
index c01fca4120..90d9ef05b2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ class USBMS(CLI, Device):
         if iswindows:
             # must put a \ after the prefix or it will read the current directory
             res += os.sep
+        else:
+            # for *nix file systems, must put a sep on the front.
+            res = os.sep + res
 
         # read down the path directory by directory, doing a case-insensitive
         # compare. Build a new path of the components with the case as on disk.