diff -uriwbB mc-4.6.1/src/find.c mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.c
--- mc-4.6.1/src/find.c	2005-05-27 16:19:18.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/find.c	2006-05-30 20:56:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -608,10 +608,7 @@
 		}
 		if (find_ignore_dirs){
                     int found;
-		    char *temp_dir = g_strconcat (":", tmp, ":", (char *) NULL);
-
-                    found = strstr (find_ignore_dirs, temp_dir) != 0;
-                    g_free (temp_dir);
+		    found = regexp_match (find_ignore_dirs, tmp, match_regex);
 		    if (found)
 			g_free (tmp);
 		    else
@@ -627,7 +624,7 @@
 		char buffer [BUF_SMALL];
 
 		g_snprintf (buffer, sizeof (buffer), _("Searching %s"), 
-			    name_trunc (directory, FIND2_X_USE));
+			    directory);
 		status_update (buffer);
 	    }
 	    /* mc_stat should not be called after mc_opendir
diff -uriwbB mc-4.6.1/src/setup.c mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/setup.c
--- mc-4.6.1/src/setup.c	2005-05-27 16:19:18.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.1-find_ignore_dirs_regex/src/setup.c	2006-05-30 20:55:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
     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 = g_strconcat ("", setup_color_string, "", (char *) NULL);
 
     /* The default color and the terminal dependent color */
     load_string ("Colors", "base_color", "", setup_color_string,