diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.1 b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.1
index 408f4b65..9e6c48b6 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.1
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.1
@@ -523,11 +523,11 @@ foreseeable consumption by next -commit.)
 .TP
 .B Navigation in ISO image and disk filesystem:
 .TP
-> \fB\-cd\fR iso_rr_path
+\fB\-cd\fR iso_rr_path
 Change the current working directory in the emerging ISO
 image as it is at the moment.
 .TP
-> \fB\-cdx\fR disk_path
+\fB\-cdx\fR disk_path
 Change the current working directory on filesystem.
 .TP
 \fB\-pwd\fR
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.c b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.c
index f24cb3f3..4f7dcf9c 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso.c
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ int Xorriso_option_cdi(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *iso_rr_path, int flag)
    strcpy(xorriso->wdi,"");
    Xorriso_option_pwdi(xorriso, 0);
    return(1);
- } if(iso_rr_path[0]!='/') {
+ } else if(iso_rr_path[0]!='/') {
    strcpy(path, xorriso->wdi);
    if(Sfile_add_to_path(path,iso_rr_path,0)<=0)
      return(-1);
@@ -3271,37 +3271,16 @@ int Xorriso_option_cdi(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *iso_rr_path, int flag)
      return(-1);
  }
 
-#ifdef NIX
- int l;
-
- if(Sfile_str(xorriso->wdi,path,0)<=0)
-   return(-1);
- ret= Xorriso_ls(xorriso, 2); /* check existence */
- if(ret<=0) {
-   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-           "-cdi: not found or not a directory : %s",
-           Text_shellsafe(iso_rr_path, sfe, 0));
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-   return(0);
- }
- l= strlen(xorriso->wdi);
- while(l>0)
-   if(xorriso->wdi[l-1]=='/')
-     xorriso->wdi[--l]= 0;
-   else
- break;
-#else
  ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, path, eff_path, 0);
  if(ret<=0)
    return(ret);
  if(ret!=2) {
    sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "-cdi: not a directory : %s",
-           Text_shellsafe(iso_rr_path, sfe, 0));
+           Text_shellsafe(eff_path, sfe, 0));
    Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
    return(0);
  }
  strcpy(xorriso->wdi, eff_path);
-#endif
 
  Xorriso_option_pwdi(xorriso, 0);
  return(1);
@@ -3311,8 +3290,8 @@ int Xorriso_option_cdi(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *iso_rr_path, int flag)
 /* Option -cdx */
 int Xorriso_option_cdx(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, int flag)
 {
- char sfe[4*SfileadrL];
- int ret, l;
+ char sfe[4*SfileadrL], path[SfileadrL], eff_path[SfileadrL];;
+ int ret;
 
  if (strlen(disk_path)>sizeof(xorriso->wdx)) {
    sprintf(xorriso->info_text,"-cdx: disk_path too long (%d > %d)",
@@ -3328,29 +3307,36 @@ int Xorriso_option_cdx(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, int flag)
    strcpy(xorriso->wdx,"");
    Xorriso_option_pwdx(xorriso, 0);
    return(1);
+ } else if(disk_path[0]!='/') {
+   strcpy(path, xorriso->wdi);
+   if(Sfile_add_to_path(path,disk_path,0)<=0)
+     return(-1);
+ } else {
+   if(Sfile_str(path,disk_path,0)<=0)
+     return(-1);
  }
 
- ret= 1;
- ret= Sfile_type(disk_path,1|4|8);
- if(ret<0) {
-   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,"-cdx: file not found :\n%s",disk_path);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-   return(0);
+ ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, path, eff_path, 2);
+ if(ret<=0)
+   return(ret);
+ if(eff_path[0]) {
+   ret= Sfile_type(eff_path,1|4|8);
+   if(ret<0) {
+     sprintf(xorriso->info_text,"-cdx: file not found : %s",
+             Text_shellsafe(eff_path, sfe, 0));
+     Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+     return(0);
+   }
+   if(ret!=2) {
+     sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+             "-cdx: not a directory : %s",
+             Text_shellsafe(eff_path, sfe, 0));
+     Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+     return(0);
+   }
  }
- if(ret!=2) {
-   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-           "-cdx: file is not a directory :\n%s",disk_path);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-   return(0);
- }
- if(Sfile_str(xorriso->wdx,disk_path,0)<=0)
+ if(Sfile_str(xorriso->wdx,eff_path,0)<=0)
    return(-1);
- l= strlen(xorriso->wdx);
- while(l>0)
-   if(xorriso->wdx[l-1]=='/')
-     xorriso->wdx[--l]= 0;
-   else
- break;
  Xorriso_option_pwdx(xorriso, 0);
  return(1);
 }
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso_timestamp.h b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
index ce8f88da..965a4a31 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2007.10.21.151124"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2007.10.21.185248"
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.c b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.c
index ad08579a..f01b102f 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ int Xorriso_get_volume(struct XorrisO *xorriso, struct iso_volume **volume,
 /* @param eff_path  returns resulting effective path.
                     Must provide at least SfileadrL bytes of storage.
    @param flag bit0= do not produce problem events (unless internal error)
+               bit1= work purely literally, do not use libisofs
    @return <0 = internal error    , 0 = not found ,
             1 = found simple node , 2 = found directory
 */
@@ -443,9 +444,11 @@ int Xorriso_normalize_img_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *img_path,
  struct iso_tree_node *node= NULL;
  char path[SfileadrL], *apt, *npt, sfe[4*SfileadrL], *cpt;
 
- ret= Xorriso_get_volume(xorriso, &volume, 0);
- if(ret<=0)
-   return(ret);
+ if(!(flag&2)) {
+   ret= Xorriso_get_volume(xorriso, &volume, 0);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     return(ret);
+ }
 
  if(Sfile_str(path, img_path, 0)<=0)
    return(-1);
@@ -479,50 +482,48 @@ int Xorriso_normalize_img_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *img_path,
    if(strcmp(apt,".")==0)
  continue;
    if(strcmp(apt,"..")==0) {
-     node= (struct iso_tree_node *) dir;
-     if(node==NULL) {
-       sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-               "Relative addressing in path exceeds root directory: %s",
-               Text_shellsafe(path, sfe, 0));
-       if(!(flag&1))
-         Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-       return(0);
+     if(!(flag&2)) {
+       node= (struct iso_tree_node *) dir;
+       if(node==NULL) {
+bonked_root:;
+         sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+                 "Relative addressing in path exceeds root directory: %s",
+                 Text_shellsafe(path, sfe, 0));
+         if(!(flag&1))
+           Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+         return(0);
+       }
+       dir= iso_tree_node_get_parent(node);
      }
-     dir= iso_tree_node_get_parent(node);
-
      /* truncate eff_path */;
      cpt= strrchr(eff_path, '/');
-     if(cpt==NULL) {
-       sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-               "Internal error: less '/' than parent directories in %s",
-               Text_shellsafe(img_path, sfe, 0));
-       Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "FATAL", 0);
-       return(-1);
-     }
+     if(cpt==NULL) /* ??? if not flag&2 then this is a bug */
+       goto bonked_root;
      *cpt= 0;
  continue;
    }
    ret= Sfile_add_to_path(eff_path, apt, 0);
    if(ret<=0) {
-     sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-             "Effective path in ISO image gets much too long (%d)",
+     sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Effective path gets much too long (%d)",
              strlen(eff_path)+strlen(apt)+1);
      if(!(flag&1))
        Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
      return(0);
    }
-   dir= (struct iso_tree_node_dir *) node;
-   node= iso_tree_volume_path_to_node(volume,eff_path);
-   if(node==NULL) {
-       sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Cannot find in ISO image: %s",
-               Text_shellsafe(eff_path, sfe, 0));
-       if(!(flag&1))
-         Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-       return(0);
+   if(!(flag&2)) {
+     dir= (struct iso_tree_node_dir *) node;
+     node= iso_tree_volume_path_to_node(volume,eff_path);
+     if(node==NULL) {
+         sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Cannot find in ISO image: %s",
+                 Text_shellsafe(eff_path, sfe, 0));
+         if(!(flag&1))
+           Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+         return(0);
+     }
+     if(dir==NULL) /* could be false with  "/dir/.." */
+       dir= iso_tree_node_get_parent(node);
+     is_dir= LIBISO_ISDIR(node);
    }
-   if(dir==NULL) /* could be false with  "/dir/.." */
-     dir= iso_tree_node_get_parent(node);
-   is_dir= LIBISO_ISDIR(node);
  }
  return(1+!!is_dir);
 }
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.h b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.h
index e9cdd90a..151b2294 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.h
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/test/xorrisoburn.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int Xorriso_rmi(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *path, int flag);
 int Xorriso_ls(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int flag);
 
 /* @param flag bit0= do not produce problem events (unless internal error) 
+               bit1= work purely literally, do not use libisofs
    @return <0 = internal error    , 0 = not found ,
             1 = found simple node , 2 = found directory 
 */