From b0da2ab643070a867fdb57442b4d65c961938dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment=20Robert?= <cr52@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 16:50:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: fix confusing error message when yt fails to locate data

---
 yt/sample_data/api.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt/sample_data/api.py b/yt/sample_data/api.py
index 8819c826b29..af1121d4b4d 100644
--- a/yt/sample_data/api.py
+++ b/yt/sample_data/api.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def lookup_on_disk_data(fn) -> Path:
     FileNotFoundError
     """
 
-    path = Path(fn).expanduser()
+    path = Path(fn).expanduser().resolve()
 
     if path.exists():
         return path
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def lookup_on_disk_data(fn) -> Path:
     if not test_data_dir.is_dir():
         raise FileNotFoundError(err_msg)
 
-    alt_path = _get_test_data_dir_path() / fn
+    alt_path = _get_test_data_dir_path().joinpath(fn).resolve()
     if alt_path != path:
         if alt_path.exists():
             return alt_path