diff -uriwbB mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.c mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/find.c
--- mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.c	2006-06-01 13:57:41.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/find.c	2006-06-01 14:37:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 } FindProgressStatus;
 
 /* List of directories to be ignored, separated by ':' */
-char *find_ignore_dirs = 0;
+char *find_ignore_dirs = NULL;
 
 static WInput *in_start;	/* Start path */
 static WInput *in_name;		/* Pattern to search */
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 		char buffer [BUF_SMALL];
 
 		g_snprintf (buffer, sizeof (buffer), _("Searching %s"), 
-			    directory);
+			    name_trunc (directory, FIND2_X_USE));
 		status_update (buffer);
 	    }
 	    /* mc_stat should not be called after mc_opendir
diff -uriwbB mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.h mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/find.h
--- mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.h	1998-12-02 22:27:39.000000000 +0100
+++ mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/find.h	2006-06-01 14:34:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __FIND_H
 #define __FIND_H
 
+extern char *find_ignore_dirs;
 
 void do_find (void);
 #endif
diff -uriwbB mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/setup.c mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/setup.c
--- mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/setup.c	2006-05-30 20:55:13.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex-2/src/setup.c	2006-06-01 14:36:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "win.h"		/* lookup_key */
 #include "cmd.h"
 #include "file.h"		/* safe_delete */
+#include "find.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_VFS
 #include "../vfs/gc.h"
@@ -58,8 +59,6 @@
 #endif
 
 
-extern char *find_ignore_dirs;
-
 extern int num_history_items_recorded;
 
 char *profile_name;		/* .mc/ini */
@@ -520,10 +519,7 @@
     ftpfs_proxy_host = do_load_string ("Misc", "ftp_proxy_host", "gate");
 #endif
 
-    load_string ("Misc", "find_ignore_dirs", "", setup_color_string,
-		 sizeof (setup_color_string));
-    if (setup_color_string [0])
-	find_ignore_dirs = g_strconcat ("", setup_color_string, "", (char *) NULL);
+    find_ignore_dirs = do_load_string ("Misc", "find_ignore_dirs", "");
 
     /* The default color and the terminal dependent color */
     load_string ("Colors", "base_color", "", setup_color_string,