+ if ( dirlist.empty() )
+ return -1;
+ string path = dirlist[0];
+ string_list path_elements = sgPathBranchSplit(path);
+ bool absolute = !path.empty() && path[0] == sgDirPathSep;
+
+ unsigned int i = 1;
+ SGPath dir = absolute ? string( 1, sgDirPathSep ) : "";
+ dir.concat( path_elements[0] );
+#if defined( _MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+ if ( dir.str().find(':') != string::npos && path_elements.size() >= 2 ) {
+ dir.append( path_elements[1] );
+ i = 2;
+ }
+#endif
+ struct stat info;
+ int r;
+ for(; ( r = stat( dir.c_str(), &info ) ) == 0 && i < path_elements.size(); i++) {
+ dir.append(path_elements[i]);