diff -ur par2cmdline-0.4/diskfile.cpp par2cmdline-0.4.patched/diskfile.cpp
--- par2cmdline-0.4/diskfile.cpp	2004-04-12 13:25:37.000000000 +0200
+++ par2cmdline-0.4.patched/diskfile.cpp	2004-05-23 14:13:07.019208898 +0200
@@ -618,6 +618,12 @@
   return result;
 }
 
+bool is_regular_file(const string &p)
+{
+  struct stat st;
+  return (stat(p.c_str(), &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode));
+}
+
 list<string>* DiskFile::FindFiles(string path, string wildcard)
 {
   list<string> *matches = new list<string>;
@@ -646,7 +652,8 @@
         {
           if (name.size() >= wildcard.size() &&
               name.substr(0, where) == front &&
-              name.substr(name.size()-back.size()) == back)
+              name.substr(name.size()-back.size()) == back &&
+              is_regular_file(path + name))
           {
             matches->push_back(path + name);
           }
@@ -665,7 +672,7 @@
               ++pn;
             }
 
-            if (pw == wildcard.end())
+            if (pw == wildcard.end() && is_regular_file(path + name))
             {
               matches->push_back(path + name);
             }
@@ -676,14 +683,9 @@
       closedir(dirp);
     }
   }
-  else
+  else if (is_regular_file(path + wildcard))
   {
-    struct stat st;
-    string fn = path + wildcard;
-    if (stat(fn.c_str(), &st) == 0)
-    {
-      matches->push_back(path + wildcard);
-    }
+    matches->push_back(path + wildcard);
   }
 
   return matches;