diff --git a/bin/dispatch-conf b/bin/dispatch-conf
index d6e6216..06b0591 100755
--- a/bin/dispatch-conf
+++ b/bin/dispatch-conf
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ #
 
 from stat import *
 from random import *
-import os, shutil, sys, string, re, commands, atexit
+import os, shutil, stat, string, sys, re, commands, atexit
 sys.path = ["/usr/lib/portage/pym"]+sys.path
 
 import portage, dispatch_conf
 from portage_exec import find_binary
 
-FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS  = "find %s/ -iname '._cfg????_*' | sed -e 's://:/:g'"
+FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS  = "find '%s' %s -name '._cfg????_%s'"
 DIFF_CONTENTS        = 'diff -Nu %s %s'
 DIFF_CVS_INTERP      = 'diff -Nu %s %s | grep "^[+-][^+-]" | grep -v "# .Header:.*"'
 DIFF_WSCOMMENTS      = 'diff -Nu %s %s | grep "^[+-][^+-]" | grep -v "^[-+]#" | grep -v "^[-+][:space:]*$"'
@@ -79,10 +79,18 @@ class dispatch:
         #
 
         for path in config_paths.split ():
-            if not os.path.exists (path):
+            path = portage.normalize_path(path)
+            try:
+                mymode = os.lstat(path).st_mode
+            except OSError:
                 continue
+            basename = "*"
+            find_opts = ""
+            if not stat.S_ISDIR(mymode):
+                path, basename = os.path.split(path)
+                find_opts = "-maxdepth 1"
 
-            confs += self.massage (os.popen (FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS % (path,)).readlines ())
+            confs += self.massage(os.popen(FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS % (path, find_opts, basename)).readlines())
 
         if self.options['use-rcs'] == 'yes':
             for rcs_util in ("rcs", "ci", "co", "rcsmerge"):