From a689f7dae85e6a9fb6e77ae550cb5a227b020d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg DiCristofaro <gregd@basistech.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 21:34:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix so module output goes to case db directory

---
 Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/CaseMetadata.java | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/CaseMetadata.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/CaseMetadata.java
index c9170b1e68..8e41aa0778 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/CaseMetadata.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/CaseMetadata.java
@@ -258,7 +258,10 @@ public final class CaseMetadata {
      * @return The case directory.
      */
     public String getCaseDirectory() {
-        return metadataFilePath.getParent().toString();
+        File caseDatabaseNameFile = new File(caseDatabaseName);
+        return (caseDatabaseNameFile.isAbsolute())
+                ? caseDatabaseNameFile.getParent()
+                : metadataFilePath.getParent().toString();
     }
 
     /**