diff -udpr -X ex-r mutt-1.2.1-org/doc/manual.sgml.head mutt-1.2.1/doc/manual.sgml.head
--- mutt-1.2.1-org/doc/manual.sgml.head	Sat Apr 22 11:33:46 2000
+++ mutt-1.2.1/doc/manual.sgml.head	Wed Jun 21 10:05:18 2000
@@ -1872,6 +1872,7 @@ path.
 <item>&gt; -- refers to your <ref id="mbox" name="&dollar;mbox"> file
 <item>&lt; -- refers to your <ref id="record" name="&dollar;record"> file
 <item>- or !! -- refers to the file you've last visited
+<item>^ -- refers to the current open mailbox if any
 <item>&tilde; -- refers to your home directory
 <item>= or + -- refers to your <ref id="folder" name="&dollar;folder"> directory
 <item>@<em/alias/ -- refers to the <ref id="save-hook" 
diff -udpr -X ex-r mutt-1.2.1-org/muttlib.c mutt-1.2.1/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.2.1-org/muttlib.c	Tue Jun 20 16:22:05 2000
+++ mutt-1.2.1/muttlib.c	Wed Jun 21 10:04:06 2000
@@ -429,7 +429,18 @@ char *_mutt_expand_path (char *s, size_t
 	tail = s + 1;
       }
       break;
-      
+
+      case '^':
+      {
+	if (Context)
+	{
+	  strfcpy (p, Context->path, sizeof (p));
+	  tail = s + 1;
+	  break;
+	}
+      }
+      /* Fall through */
+
       default:
       {
 	*p = '\0';