diff --git a/src/exec/job.rs b/src/exec/job.rs
index bd87230..0740c13 100644
--- a/src/exec/job.rs
+++ b/src/exec/job.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use super::TokenizedCommand;
 /// be executed, and this process will continue until the receiver's sender has closed.
 pub fn job(
     rx: Arc<Mutex<Receiver<PathBuf>>>,
-    base: Arc<Option<PathBuf>>,
     cmd: Arc<TokenizedCommand>,
     out_perm: Arc<Mutex<()>>,
 ) {
@@ -23,12 +22,7 @@ pub fn job(
         // Obtain the next path from the receiver, else if the channel
         // has closed, exit from the loop
         let value: PathBuf = match lock.recv() {
-            Ok(value) => {
-                match *base {
-                    Some(ref base) => base.join(&value),
-                    None => value,
-                }
-            }
+            Ok(value) => value,
             Err(_) => break,
         };
 
diff --git a/src/exec/mod.rs b/src/exec/mod.rs
index bec9712..cb86fbe 100644
--- a/src/exec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/exec/mod.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ impl TokenizedCommand {
         input: &Path,
         out_perm: Arc<Mutex<()>>,
     ) -> CommandTicket<'a> {
+        let input = input.strip_prefix(".").unwrap_or(input);
+
         for token in &self.tokens {
             match *token {
                 Token::Basename => *command += basename(&input.to_string_lossy()),
diff --git a/src/fshelper/mod.rs b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
index 3e30c83..34a9df1 100644
--- a/src/fshelper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
@@ -1,50 +1,18 @@
+use std::env::current_dir;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::io;
 
-/// Get a relative path with respect to a certain base path.
-/// See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39343127/704831
-pub fn path_relative_from(path: &Path, base: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-    use std::path::Component;
-
-    if path.is_absolute() != base.is_absolute() {
-        if path.is_absolute() {
-            Some(PathBuf::from(path))
-        } else {
-            Some(PathBuf::from(base.join(path)))
-        }
+pub fn path_absolute_form(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+    if path.is_absolute() {
+        Ok(path.to_path_buf())
     } else {
-        let mut ita = path.components();
-        let mut itb = base.components();
-        let mut comps: Vec<Component> = vec![];
-        loop {
-            match (ita.next(), itb.next()) {
-                (None, None) => break,
-                (Some(a), None) => {
-                    comps.push(a);
-                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
-                    break;
-                }
-                (None, _) => comps.push(Component::ParentDir),
-                (Some(a), Some(b)) if comps.is_empty() && a == b => (),
-                (Some(a), Some(b)) if b == Component::CurDir => comps.push(a),
-                (Some(_), Some(b)) if b == Component::ParentDir => return None,
-                (Some(a), Some(_)) => {
-                    comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
-                    for _ in itb {
-                        comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
-                    }
-                    comps.push(a);
-                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        Some(comps.iter().map(|c| c.as_os_str()).collect())
+        let path = path.strip_prefix(".").unwrap_or(path);
+        current_dir().map(|path_buf| path_buf.join(path))
     }
 }
 
 pub fn absolute_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
-    let path_buf = path.canonicalize()?;
+    let path_buf = path_absolute_form(path)?;
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
     let path_buf = Path::new(path_buf.as_path().to_string_lossy().trim_left_matches(
@@ -53,3 +21,13 @@ pub fn absolute_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
 
     Ok(path_buf)
 }
+
+// Path::is_dir() is not guarandteed to be intuitively correct for "." and ".."
+// See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/45302
+pub fn is_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    if path.file_name().is_some() {
+        path.is_dir()
+    } else {
+        path.is_dir() && path.canonicalize().is_ok()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index 3c73915..6dfaa1a 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ use lscolors::LsColors;
 use walk::FileType;
 use regex_syntax::{Expr, ExprBuilder};
 
-/// Root directory
-#[cfg(unix)]
-pub static ROOT_DIR: &'static str = "/";
-
-#[cfg(windows)]
-pub static ROOT_DIR: &'static str = "";
-
 /// Defines how to display search result paths.
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
 pub enum PathDisplay {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 25e48a5..8b3b78c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use atty::Stream;
 use regex::RegexBuilder;
 
 use exec::TokenizedCommand;
-use internal::{error, pattern_has_uppercase_char, FdOptions, PathDisplay, ROOT_DIR};
+use internal::{error, pattern_has_uppercase_char, FdOptions, PathDisplay};
 use lscolors::LsColors;
 use walk::FileType;
 
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Get the current working directory
     let current_dir = Path::new(".");
-    // .is_dir() is not guarandteed to be intuitively correct for "." and ".."
-    if let Err(_) = current_dir.canonicalize() {
+    if !fshelper::is_dir(&current_dir) {
         error("Error: could not get current directory.");
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ fn main() {
         Some(path) => PathBuf::from(path),
         None => current_dir.to_path_buf(),
     };
-    if let Err(_) = root_dir_buf.canonicalize() {
+    if !fshelper::is_dir(&root_dir_buf) {
         error(&format!(
             "Error: '{}' is not a directory.",
             root_dir_buf.to_string_lossy()
@@ -132,21 +131,11 @@ fn main() {
         command,
     };
 
-    // If base_dir is ROOT_DIR, then root_dir must be absolute.
-    // Otherwise root_dir/entry cannot be turned into an existing relative path from base_dir.
-    //
-    // We utilize ROOT_DIR to avoid resolving the components of root_dir.
-    let base_dir_buf = match config.path_display {
-        PathDisplay::Relative => current_dir.to_path_buf(),
-        PathDisplay::Absolute => PathBuf::from(ROOT_DIR),
-    };
-    let base_dir = base_dir_buf.as_path();
-
     match RegexBuilder::new(pattern)
         .case_insensitive(!config.case_sensitive)
         .dot_matches_new_line(true)
         .build() {
-        Ok(re) => walk::scan(root_dir, Arc::new(re), base_dir, Arc::new(config)),
+        Ok(re) => walk::scan(root_dir, Arc::new(re), Arc::new(config)),
         Err(err) => error(err.description()),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index aa246ea..6fa59f4 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use internal::{FdOptions, PathDisplay};
+use internal::FdOptions;
 use lscolors::LsColors;
 
 use std::{fs, process};
@@ -10,23 +10,13 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
 use ansi_term;
 
-pub fn print_entry(base: &Path, entry: &PathBuf, config: &FdOptions) {
-    let path_full = if !entry.as_os_str().is_empty() {
-        base.join(entry)
-    } else {
-        base.to_path_buf()
-    };
-
-    let path_to_print = if config.path_display == PathDisplay::Absolute {
-        &path_full
-    } else {
-        entry
-    };
+pub fn print_entry(entry: &PathBuf, config: &FdOptions) {
+    let path = entry.strip_prefix(".").unwrap_or(entry);
 
     let r = if let Some(ref ls_colors) = config.ls_colors {
-        print_entry_colorized(base, path_to_print, config, ls_colors)
+        print_entry_colorized(path, config, ls_colors)
     } else {
-        print_entry_uncolorized(path_to_print, config)
+        print_entry_uncolorized(path, config)
     };
 
     if r.is_err() {
@@ -35,12 +25,7 @@ pub fn print_entry(base: &Path, entry: &PathBuf, config: &FdOptions) {
     }
 }
 
-fn print_entry_colorized(
-    base: &Path,
-    path: &Path,
-    config: &FdOptions,
-    ls_colors: &LsColors,
-) -> io::Result<()> {
+fn print_entry_colorized(path: &Path, config: &FdOptions, ls_colors: &LsColors) -> io::Result<()> {
     let default_style = ansi_term::Style::default();
 
     let stdout = io::stdout();
@@ -50,7 +35,7 @@ fn print_entry_colorized(
     let mut separator = String::new();
 
     // Full path to the current component.
-    let mut component_path = base.to_path_buf();
+    let mut component_path = PathBuf::new();
 
     // Traverse the path and colorize each component
     for component in path.components() {
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index 117b0cf..f633117 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use exec::{self, TokenizedCommand};
 use fshelper;
-use internal::{error, FdOptions, PathDisplay};
+use internal::{error, FdOptions};
 use output;
 
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub enum FileType {
 /// If the `--exec` argument was supplied, this will create a thread pool for executing
 /// jobs in parallel from a given command line and the discovered paths. Otherwise, each
 /// path will simply be written to standard output.
-pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions>) {
+pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, config: Arc<FdOptions>) {
     let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let threads = config.threads;
 
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
 
     // Spawn the thread that receives all results through the channel.
     let rx_config = Arc::clone(&config);
-    let rx_base = base.to_owned();
-    let is_absolute = config.path_display == PathDisplay::Absolute;
     let receiver_thread = thread::spawn(move || {
         // This will be set to `Some` if the `--exec` argument was supplied.
         if let Some(ref cmd) = rx_config.command {
@@ -63,8 +61,6 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
 
             let out_perm = Arc::new(Mutex::new(()));
 
-            let base = Arc::new(if is_absolute { Some(rx_base) } else { None });
-
             // This is safe because `cmd` will exist beyond the end of this scope.
             // It's required to tell Rust that it's safe to share across threads.
             let cmd = unsafe { Arc::from_raw(cmd as *const TokenizedCommand) };
@@ -74,11 +70,10 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
             for _ in 0..threads {
                 let rx = shared_rx.clone();
                 let cmd = cmd.clone();
-                let base = base.clone();
                 let out_perm = out_perm.clone();
 
                 // Spawn a job thread that will listen for and execute inputs.
-                let handle = thread::spawn(move || exec::job(rx, base, cmd, out_perm));
+                let handle = thread::spawn(move || exec::job(rx, cmd, out_perm));
 
                 // Push the handle of the spawned thread into the vector for later joining.
                 handles.push(handle);
@@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
                         if time::Instant::now() - start > max_buffer_time {
                             // Flush the buffer
                             for v in &buffer {
-                                output::print_entry(&rx_base, v, &rx_config);
+                                output::print_entry(&v, &rx_config);
                             }
                             buffer.clear();
 
@@ -119,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
                         }
                     }
                     ReceiverMode::Streaming => {
-                        output::print_entry(&rx_base, &value, &rx_config);
+                        output::print_entry(&value, &rx_config);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -129,7 +124,7 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
             if !buffer.is_empty() {
                 buffer.sort();
                 for value in buffer {
-                    output::print_entry(&rx_base, &value, &rx_config);
+                    output::print_entry(&value, &rx_config);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -137,7 +132,6 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
 
     // Spawn the sender threads.
     walker.run(|| {
-        let base = base.to_owned();
         let config = Arc::clone(&config);
         let pattern = Arc::clone(&pattern);
         let tx_thread = tx.clone();
@@ -186,21 +180,19 @@ pub fn scan(root: &Path, pattern: Arc<Regex>, base: &Path, config: Arc<FdOptions
             }
 
             let search_str_o = if config.search_full_path {
-                Some(entry_path.to_string_lossy())
+                match fshelper::path_absolute_form(&entry_path) {
+                    Ok(path_abs_buf) => Some(path_abs_buf.to_string_lossy().into_owned().into()),
+                    Err(_) => error("Error: unable to get full path."),
+                }
             } else {
                 entry_path.file_name().map(|f| f.to_string_lossy())
             };
 
             if let Some(search_str) = search_str_o {
-                pattern.find(&*search_str).map(|_| {
-                    let path_rel_buf = match fshelper::path_relative_from(entry_path, &*base) {
-                        Some(p) => p,
-                        None => error("Error: could not get relative path for directory entry."),
-                    };
-
+                if pattern.is_match(&*search_str) {
                     // TODO: take care of the unwrap call
-                    tx_thread.send(path_rel_buf.to_owned()).unwrap()
-                });
+                    tx_thread.send(entry_path.to_owned()).unwrap()
+                }
             }
 
             ignore::WalkState::Continue
diff --git a/tests/testenv/mod.rs b/tests/testenv/mod.rs
index f265445..d1cca69 100644
--- a/tests/testenv/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/testenv/mod.rs
@@ -136,10 +136,16 @@ impl TestEnv {
     }
 
     /// Get the root directory for the tests.
-    pub fn root(&self) -> PathBuf {
+    pub fn test_root(&self) -> PathBuf {
         self.temp_dir.path().to_path_buf()
     }
 
+    /// Get the root directory of the file system.
+    pub fn system_root(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        let mut components = self.temp_dir.path().components();
+        PathBuf::from(components.next().expect("root directory").as_os_str())
+    }
+
     /// Assert that calling *fd* with the specified arguments produces the expected output.
     pub fn assert_output(&self, args: &[&str], expected: &str) {
         self.assert_output_subdirectory(".", args, expected)
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 676c312..750d501 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 //! Integration tests for the CLI interface of fd.
 
+extern crate regex;
+
 mod testenv;
 
 use testenv::TestEnv;
+use regex::escape;
 
 fn get_absolute_root_path(env: &TestEnv) -> String {
-    let path = env.root()
+    let path = env.test_root()
         .canonicalize()
         .expect("absolute path")
         .to_str()
@@ -177,8 +180,14 @@ fn test_case_insensitive() {
 fn test_full_path() {
     let te = TestEnv::new();
 
+    let root = te.system_root();
+    let prefix = escape(&root.to_string_lossy());
+
     te.assert_output(
-        &["--full-path", "three.*foo"],
+        &[
+            "--full-path",
+            &format!("^{prefix}.*three.*foo$", prefix = prefix),
+        ],
         "one/two/three/d.foo
         one/two/three/directory_foo",
     );
@@ -343,7 +352,7 @@ fn test_absolute_path() {
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/d.foo
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/directory_foo
             {abs_path}/symlink",
-            abs_path = abs_path
+            abs_path = &abs_path
         ),
     );
 
@@ -356,7 +365,7 @@ fn test_absolute_path() {
             {abs_path}/one/two/C.Foo2
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/d.foo
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/directory_foo",
-            abs_path = abs_path
+            abs_path = &abs_path
         ),
     );
 
@@ -369,7 +378,7 @@ fn test_absolute_path() {
             {abs_path}/one/two/C.Foo2
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/d.foo
             {abs_path}/one/two/three/directory_foo",
-            abs_path = abs_path
+            abs_path = &abs_path
         ),
     );
 }
@@ -435,9 +444,13 @@ fn test_symlink() {
     // the array pointed to by buf, and return buf. The pathname shall contain no components that
     // are dot or dot-dot, or are symbolic links.
     //
-    // Symlinks on Unix are aliases to real paths, only has one redirection.
+    // Key points:
+    // 1. The path of the current working directory of a Unix process cannot contain symlinks.
+    // 2. The path of the current working directory of a Windows process can contain symlinks.
     //
-    // Symlinks on Windows can refer to symlinks, and are resolved after logical step "..".
+    // More:
+    // 1. On Windows, symlinks are resolved after the ".." component.
+    // 2. On Unix, symlinks are resolved immediately as encountered.
 
     let parent_parent = if cfg!(windows) { ".." } else { "../.." };
     te.assert_output_subdirectory(
@@ -462,12 +475,13 @@ fn test_symlink() {
         "symlink",
         &["--absolute-path"],
         &format!(
-            "{abs_path}/one/two/c.foo
-            {abs_path}/one/two/C.Foo2
-            {abs_path}/one/two/three
-            {abs_path}/one/two/three/d.foo
-            {abs_path}/one/two/three/directory_foo",
-            abs_path = abs_path
+            "{abs_path}/{dir}/c.foo
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/C.Foo2
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/three
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/three/d.foo
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/three/directory_foo",
+            dir = if cfg!(windows) { "symlink" } else { "one/two" },
+            abs_path = &abs_path
         ),
     );
 
@@ -479,7 +493,40 @@ fn test_symlink() {
             {abs_path}/symlink/three
             {abs_path}/symlink/three/d.foo
             {abs_path}/symlink/three/directory_foo",
-            abs_path = abs_path
+            abs_path = &abs_path
+        ),
+    );
+
+    let root = te.system_root();
+    let prefix = escape(&root.to_string_lossy());
+
+    te.assert_output_subdirectory(
+        "symlink",
+        &[
+            "--absolute-path",
+            "--full-path",
+            &format!("^{prefix}.*three", prefix = prefix),
+        ],
+        &format!(
+            "{abs_path}/{dir}/three
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/three/d.foo
+            {abs_path}/{dir}/three/directory_foo",
+            dir = if cfg!(windows) { "symlink" } else { "one/two" },
+            abs_path = &abs_path
+        ),
+    );
+
+    te.assert_output(
+        &[
+            "--full-path",
+            &format!("^{prefix}.*symlink.*three", prefix = prefix),
+            &format!("{abs_path}/symlink", abs_path = abs_path),
+        ],
+        &format!(
+            "{abs_path}/symlink/three
+            {abs_path}/symlink/three/d.foo
+            {abs_path}/symlink/three/directory_foo",
+            abs_path = &abs_path
         ),
     );
 }