diff --git a/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas b/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
index 96b16077c..458fff010 100644
--- a/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
+++ b/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ var file_select_model = func {
 
 var fsel_callback = func(n) {
 	var model = n.getValue();
-	var root = string.fixpath(getprop("/sim/fg-root")) ~ "/";
+	var root = string.normpath(getprop("/sim/fg-root")) ~ "/";
 	if (substr(model, 0, size(root)) == root)
 		model = substr(model, size(root));
 
diff --git a/Nasal/io.nas b/Nasal/io.nas
index d639b00c3..11db8151a 100644
--- a/Nasal/io.nas
+++ b/Nasal/io.nas
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ var writexml = func(path, node, indent = "\t", prefix = "___") {
 #
 _setlistener("/sim/signals/nasal-dir-initialized", func {
     # read IO rules
-    var root = string.fixpath(getprop("/sim/fg-root"));
-    var home = string.fixpath(getprop("/sim/fg-home"));
+    var root = string.normpath(getprop("/sim/fg-root"));
+    var home = string.normpath(getprop("/sim/fg-home"));
     var config = "Nasal/IOrules";
 
     var rules_file = nil;
@@ -284,14 +284,14 @@ _setlistener("/sim/signals/nasal-dir-initialized", func {
     # make safe, local copies
     var setValue = props._setValue;
     var getValue = props._getValue;
-    var fixpath = string.fixpath;
+    var normpath = string.normpath;
     var match = string.match;
     var caller = caller;
     var die = die;
 
     # validators
     var valid = func(path, rules) {
-        var fpath = fixpath(path);
+        var fpath = normpath(path);
         foreach (var d; rules)
             if (match(fpath, d[0]))
                 return d[1] ? fpath : nil;
diff --git a/Nasal/string.nas b/Nasal/string.nas
index b2af4e5f4..bcae8a4a8 100644
--- a/Nasal/string.nas
+++ b/Nasal/string.nas
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var imatch = func(a, b) match(lc(a), lc(b));
 ##
 
 var match = nil;
-var fixpath = nil;
+var normpath = nil;
 var join = nil;
 var replace = nil;
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ match = func(str, patt) {
 # absolute property or file paths, otherwise ".." elements might
 # be resolved wrongly.
 #
-fixpath = func(path) {
+normpath = func(path) {
 	path = replace(path, "\\", "/");
 	var prefix = size(path) and path[0] == `/` ? "/" : "";
 	var stack = [];
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/file-select.xml b/gui/dialogs/file-select.xml
index 62fd6669b..6488fe492 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/file-select.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/file-select.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 					gui.dialog_update(dlgname, "file-input");
 				}
 				if (new != nil) {
-					var p = string.fixpath(new);
+					var p = string.normpath(new);
 					if (update(p))
 						current.dir = p;
 					selection.setValue("");
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 			}
 
 			var dir_input = func {
-				var p = string.fixpath(dir.getValue());
+				var p = string.normpath(dir.getValue());
 				if (update(p))
 					current.dir = p;
 				gui.dialog_update(dlgname, "list");
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 			var ok = func {
 				dir_input();
 				file_input();
-				var p = string.fixpath(current.dir ~ "/" ~ current.file);
+				var p = string.normpath(current.dir ~ "/" ~ current.file);
 				var stat = io.stat(p);
 				path.setValue(stat != nil and io.isdir(stat[2]) ? p ~ "/" : p);
 				file.setValue(current.file);
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 			current.dir = (var d = dir.getValue()) != nil and d != "" ? d : getprop("/sim/fg-current");
 			current.file = (var d = file.getValue()) != nil and d != "" ? d : "";
 			gui.dialog_update(dlgname, "file-input"); ## dir-input ?
-			update(string.fixpath(current.dir));
+			update(string.normpath(current.dir));
 			dir.setValue(current.dir);
 		</open>
 	</nasal>