--- a/doc/interpreter/install.texi	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/install.texi	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@
 system.  Using GNU @code{sed} avoids the problem.
 
 @item
+If @code{configure} finds @code{dlopen}, @code{dlsym}, @code{dlclose},
+and @code{dlerror}, but not the header file @file{dlfcn.h}, you need to
+find the source for the header file and install it in the directory
+@file{usr/include}.  This is reportedly a problem with Slackware 3.1.
+For Linux/GNU systems, the source for @file{dlfcn.h} is in the
+@samp{ldso} package.
+
+@item
 You may need to edit some files in the gcc include subdirectory to add
 prototypes for functions there.  For example, Ultrix 4.2 needs proper
 declarations for the @code{signal()} and the @code{SIG_IGN} macro in the

--- a/doc/interpreter/system.texi	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/system.texi	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@
 link, @code{lstat} is equivalent to @code{stat}.
 @end deftypefn
 
+@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} glob (@var{pattern})
+Given an array of strings in @var{pattern}, return the list of file
+names that any of them, or an empty string if no patterns match.  Tilde
+expansion is performed on each of the patterns before looking for
+matching file names.
+@end deftypefn
+
 @node Interacting with the OS, Password Database Functions, Filesystem Utilities, System Utilities
 @section Interacting with the OS
 

--- a/src/ChangeLog	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+Sun Nov 10 16:58:07 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* octave.cc (intern_argv): Use new string_vector constructor.
+
+	* ov-str-mat.cc (octave_char_matrix_str::all_strings): Have
+	charMatrix::row_as_string() strip trailing whitespace.
+
+	* dirfns.cc (Fglob): new function.
+
+	* sysdep.cc (oct_tilde_expand): Provide version that works on
+	string vectors too.
+	(Ftilde_expand): Work on string vector args.
+
+	* load-save.cc (save_binary_data): Call char_matrix_value() to
+	extract charMatrix from octave_value object, not all_strings().
+	(save_ascii_data): Likewise.
+	* pt-mat.cc (tree_matrix::eval): Likewise.
+
+	* ov.h (octave_value::all_strings): Return string_vector, not
+	charMatrix.
+	* ov-base.cc (octave_base_value::all_strings): Likewise.
+	* ov-str-mat.h, ov-str-mat.cc (octave_char_matrix_str::all_strings): 
+	Likewise.
+
 Fri Nov  8 09:54:59 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* defaults.cc, dynamic-ld.cc, fn-cache.cc, help.cc, oct-hist.cc,

--- a/src/dirfns.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/dirfns.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "oct-glob.h"
 #include "str-vec.h"
 
 #include "defun.h"
@@ -584,6 +585,40 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+DEFUN (glob, args, ,
+  "glob (PATTERN)\n\
+\n\
+Given an array of strings in PATTERN, return the list of file names
+that any of them, or an empty string if no patterns match.  Tilde
+expansion is performed on each of the patterns before looking for
+matching file names.")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  if (args.length () == 1)
+    {
+      string_vector pat = args(0).all_strings ();
+
+      if (error_state)
+	gripe_wrong_type_arg ("glob", args(0));
+      else
+	{
+	  glob_match pattern (oct_tilde_expand (pat));
+
+	  string_vector list = pattern.glob ();
+
+	  if (list.empty ())
+	    retval = "";
+	  else
+	    retval = list;
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("glob");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
 static int
 pwd (void)
 {

--- a/src/octave.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/octave.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -171,18 +171,9 @@
 {
   if (argc > 1)
     {
-      int max_len = 0;
-      for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-	{
-	  int tmp_len = strlen (argv[i]);
-	  if (tmp_len > max_len)
-	    max_len = tmp_len;
-	}
+      // Skip program name in argv.
 
-      octave_argv.resize (argc-1);
-
-      for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-	octave_argv[i-1] = argv[i];
+      octave_argv = string_vector (argv+1, argc-1);
 
       bind_builtin_variable ("argv", octave_argv, 1, 1, 0);
       bind_builtin_variable ("__argv__", octave_argv, 1, 1, 0);

--- a/src/pt-mat.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:39:38 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/pt-mat.cc	Mon Nov 11 02:42:44 1996 +0000
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
 		    m (put_row, put_col) = elt.double_value ();
 		  else if (elt.is_string () && all_strings)
 		    {
-		      charMatrix chm_elt = elt.all_strings ();
+		      charMatrix chm_elt = elt.char_matrix_value ();
 
 		      if (error_state)
 			goto done;