--- config.c	2004-09-03 18:36:13.000000000 +0300
+++ ../asterisk-1.0.1/config.c	2004-11-10 14:15:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#define AST_INCLUDE_GLOB 1
+#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
+# include <glob.h>
+#endif
 #include <asterisk/config.h>
 #include <asterisk/config_pvt.h>
 #include <asterisk/cli.h>
@@ -782,6 +786,51 @@
 		ast_verbose(  VERBOSE_PREFIX_2 "Parsing '%s': ", fn);
 		fflush(stdout);
 	}
+#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
+	{
+		int glob_ret;
+		glob_t globbuf; /*pretend it is initilized to silent gcc */
+		globbuf.gl_offs = 0;
+		glob_ret = glob(fn, GLOB_NOCHECK|GLOB_BRACE, NULL, &globbuf);
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE,
+					"Glob Expansion Results: Return: %d, Number of results: %d,"
+					" (config file: %s, full path: %s",
+					glob_ret, globbuf.gl_pathc, configfile, fn);
+
+		
+		if (glob_ret==GLOB_NOMATCH){
+			/* warn, but continue. Chances are that the user will get 
+			 * an error message later on for file access error.
+			 * Or maybe the user actually wants to use a file whose name
+			 * contains an Asterisk?*/
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING,
+					"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' ('%s') failed: no match. "
+					"But I'll use the original pattern.\n",
+					configfile, fn);
+		}
+		if (glob_ret==GLOB_NOSPACE){
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING,
+					"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' ('%s') failed: Not enough memory\n",
+					configfile, fn);
+		} else if (glob_ret==GLOB_ABORTED){
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING,
+					"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' ('%s) failed: Read error\n",
+					configfile, fn);
+		} else  {
+			ast_log(LOG_NOTICE,
+					"Glob Expansion of pattern '%s' ('%s'): Success. "
+					"Starting to loop\n",
+					configfile, fn);
+	
+			/* loop over expanded files */
+			/* TODO: to simplify the patch I re-use 'arg', and thus 
+			 * override the original pattern
+			 */
+			int i;
+			for (i=0; i<globbuf.gl_pathc; i++) {
+				strncpy(fn,globbuf.gl_pathv[i], sizeof(fn)-1);
+				ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Now trying file '%s'\n", fn);
+#endif
 	if ((f = fopen(fn, "r"))) {
 		if (option_debug)
 			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Parsing %s\n", fn);
@@ -819,6 +868,12 @@
 		else if (option_verbose > 1)
 			ast_verbose( "Not found (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
 	}
+#ifdef AST_INCLUDE_GLOB
+			}
+			globfree(&globbuf);
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 #ifdef PRESERVE_COMMENTS
 	if (master) {
 		/* Keep trailing comments */