diff -Naurp '--exclude=debian' '--exclude=.pc' oprofile-0.9.6.orig/utils/opcontrol oprofile-0.9.6/utils/opcontrol
--- oprofile-0.9.6.orig/utils/opcontrol	2011-07-07 10:47:29.000000000 -0500
+++ oprofile-0.9.6/utils/opcontrol	2011-07-07 10:55:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -785,7 +785,8 @@ do_options()
 				;;
 
 			--save)
-                error_if_invalid_arg $arg $val
+				error_if_invalid_arg $arg $val
+				error_if_not_basename $arg $val
 				DUMP=yes
 				SAVE_SESSION=yes
 				SAVE_NAME=$val