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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
index cfdd3628..4ff7a379 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ sub prepare_inputs { # returns undef on error
                                 require PublicInbox::MdirReader;
                                 $ifmt eq 'maildir' or return
                                         $lei->fail("$ifmt not supported");
-                                $input = $lei->abs_path($input) if $sync;
+                                $sync and $input = 'maildir:'.
+                                                $lei->abs_path($input_path);
                         } else {
                                 return $lei->fail("Unable to handle $input");
                         }