From 6c6252b71897bd04b3876f69806ef93617a7dd75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Fetka <mario.fetka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 08:41:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] correct namespace.c next changes for dos83

---
 src/namspace.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/namspace.c b/src/namspace.c
index b2c24e0..94dfa33 100644
--- a/src/namspace.c
+++ b/src/namspace.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,35 @@ static int search_match(struct dirent *dirbuff,
     XDPRINTF((8,0,"search_match, Name='%s' dname='%s'", name, dname));
     if (!inode_search) {
       if (namespace == NAME_DOS) {
-        flag = (*name != '.' &&  fn_dos_match_old(dname, entry, vol_options));
+        char saved_dir[1024];
+        char *slash;
+
+        if (*name == '.') {
+          flag = 0;
+        } else {
+          /*
+           * Build the DOS-visible alias first, then keep using the historical
+           * namespace matcher fn_dos_match_old(). That matcher understands the
+           * special 0xff-prefixed wildcard patterns used by namespace search
+           * requests, while the regular DOS matcher does not.
+           */
+          strncpy(saved_dir, (char *)ds->unixname, sizeof(saved_dir) - 1);
+          saved_dir[sizeof(saved_dir) - 1] = '\0';
+
+          slash = strrchr(saved_dir, '/');
+          if (slash)
+            *slash = '\0';
+          else
+            strcpy(saved_dir, ".");
+
+          dos83_build_name_in_dir(saved_dir,
+                                  name,
+                                  dname,
+                                  size_dname,
+                                  vol_options);
+
+          flag = fn_dos_match_old(dname, entry, vol_options);
+        }
       } else if (namespace == NAME_OS2) {
         flag = (*name != '.' || (*(name+1) != '.' && *(name+1) != '\0' ))
                && fn_os2_match(dname, entry, vol_options);