import ignores absolute path

Hello. I noticed that if I use the following:

        svn import myfile.zip $SVNROOT/mydir/myfile.zip

I get the expected behavior, i.e. the commit prompt says:

A myfile.zip

and the import works as expected. However, if I use an absolute
pathname, subversion ignores my input path:

        svn import /home/rick/myfile.zip $SVNROOT/mydir/myfile.zip

I get the following commit prompt:

A .

just as if I didn't specify a path. Is this the correct behavior?
I couldn't find any reference to such on the FAQ, "svn help", the
subversion book, nor anything relevant on the users or issues
mailing lists.

I'm using subversion-1.4.0 on FreeBSD 6.1. Please CC me on
replies. Thank you,

-- Rick C. Petty

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Received on Mon Nov 27 20:59:16 2006