diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index 0eb91a053f..bcdd25cc54 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-26  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* FormFiledialog.C (expand_globs): changes due to the changed
+	lyx::support::glob API.
+
 2004-11-26  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* FileDialog.C:
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/FormFiledialog.C b/src/frontends/xforms/FormFiledialog.C
index b0fbdb4850..1c8aec4024 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/FormFiledialog.C
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/FormFiledialog.C
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "support/globbing.h"
 #include "support/lstrings.h"
 #include "support/lyxlib.h"
-#include "support/path.h"
 #include "support/tostr.h"
 
 #include "lyx_forms.h"
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ using lyx::support::GetEnvPath;
 using lyx::support::LyXReadLink;
 using lyx::support::MakeAbsPath;
 using lyx::support::OnlyFilename;
-using lyx::support::Path;
 using lyx::support::split;
 using lyx::support::subst;
 using lyx::support::suffixIs;
@@ -99,8 +97,6 @@ namespace {
 vector<string> const expand_globs(string const & mask,
 				  string const & directory)
 {
-	Path p(directory);
-
 	// Split into individual globs and then call 'glob' on each one.
 	typedef boost::tokenizer<boost::char_separator<char> > Tokenizer;
 	boost::char_separator<char> const separator(" ");
@@ -109,10 +105,9 @@ vector<string> const expand_globs(string const & mask,
 	Tokenizer const tokens(mask, separator);
 	Tokenizer::const_iterator it = tokens.begin();
 	Tokenizer::const_iterator const end = tokens.end();
-	for (; it != end; ++it) {
-		vector<string> const tmp = lyx::support::glob(*it);
-		matches.insert(matches.end(), tmp.begin(), tmp.end());
-	}
+	for (; it != end; ++it)
+		lyx::support::glob(matches, *it, directory);
+
 	return matches;
 }
 
@@ -455,7 +450,7 @@ void FileDialog::Private::SetFilters(FileFilterList const & filters)
 			ss << ' ';
 		ss << *it;
 	}
-		
+
 	mask_ = ss.str();
 	fl_set_input(file_dlg_form_->PatBox, mask_.c_str());
 }
diff --git a/src/support/ChangeLog b/src/support/ChangeLog
index a63249d18f..f854d807b6 100644
--- a/src/support/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/support/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-11-26  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* globbing.[Ch] (glob): change API to:
+	1. Append matches to the input container.
+	2. Require a working_dir parameter. The function invokes chdir
+	internally (through use of Path).
+
 2004-11-26  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* filefilterlist.C (convert_brace_glob): moved here from
diff --git a/src/support/filefilterlist.C b/src/support/filefilterlist.C
index 109a045e02..9c53eb3f6f 100644
--- a/src/support/filefilterlist.C
+++ b/src/support/filefilterlist.C
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ string const convert_brace_glob(string const & glob)
 
 	return pattern;
 }
- 
+
 } // namespace anon
 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ FileFilterList::Filter::Filter(std::string const & description,
 	globs_ = vector<string>(tokens.begin(), tokens.end());
 }
 
-		
+
 FileFilterList::FileFilterList(string const & qt_style_filter)
 {
 	string const filter = qt_style_filter
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ string const FileFilterList::as_string() const
 				ss << ' ';
 			ss << *git;
 		}
-		
+
 		if (has_description)
 			ss << ')';
 	}
diff --git a/src/support/globbing.C b/src/support/globbing.C
index 0000f34e3a..dbc6b0ab4e 100644
--- a/src/support/globbing.C
+++ b/src/support/globbing.C
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 
 #include "support/globbing.h"
+#include "support/path.h"
 
 #include <glob.h>
 
@@ -21,16 +22,22 @@ using std::vector;
 namespace lyx {
 namespace support {
 
-vector<string> const glob(string const & pattern, int flags)
+void glob(vector<string> & matches,
+	  string const & pattern,
+	  string const & working_dir,
+	  int flags)
 {
+	Path p(working_dir);
+
 	glob_t glob_buffer;
 	glob_buffer.gl_offs = 0;
 	glob(pattern.c_str(), flags, 0, &glob_buffer);
-	vector<string> const matches(glob_buffer.gl_pathv,
-				     glob_buffer.gl_pathv +
-				     glob_buffer.gl_pathc);
+
+	matches.insert(matches.end(),
+		       glob_buffer.gl_pathv,
+		       glob_buffer.gl_pathv + glob_buffer.gl_pathc);
+
 	globfree(&glob_buffer);
-	return matches;
 }
 
 } // namespace support
diff --git a/src/support/globbing.h b/src/support/globbing.h
index e4c53c808b..d495a9670c 100644
--- a/src/support/globbing.h
+++ b/src/support/globbing.h
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@ namespace lyx {
 namespace support {
 
 /** A wrapper for the Posix function 'glob'.
+ *  \param matches files found to match \c pattern are appended.
  *  \param pattern the glob to be expanded. Eg "*.[Ch]".
+ *  \param working_dir the starting directory from which \c pattern
+ *  is to be expanded. Used only if \c pattern is a relative path.
  *  \param flags flags to be passed to the system function. See 'man glob'.
- *  \returns a vector of the files found to match \c pattern.
  */
-std::vector<std::string> const glob(std::string const & pattern, int flags = 0);
+void glob(std::vector<std::string> & matches,
+	  std::string const & pattern,
+	  std::string const & working_dir,
+	  int flags = 0);
 
 } // namespace support
 } // namespace lyx