diff --git a/tsearchpath.py b/tsearchpath.py
index f15295d..e18f07f 100755
--- a/tsearchpath.py
+++ b/tsearchpath.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Program Information
 
-RCSID = "$Id: tsearchpath.py,v 1.101 2010/06/24 19:44:52 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tsearchpath.py,v 1.102 2010/06/24 20:15:32 tundra Exp $"
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #                Constants & Literals                      #
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
 
-
+DEFAULTDELIM = ":"
 
 
 
@@ -28,23 +28,61 @@
 #####
 
 
-def tsearchpath(filename, searchpath, PATHDELIM=":", PATHSEP=os.path.sep):
+def tsearchpath(filename, pathlist,
+                PATHDELIM=DEFAULTDELIM,
+                PATHSEP=os.path.sep):
 
-    """ Search 'searchpath' looking for 'filename' returning
-        on first (leftmost) match.
+    """ Search 'pathlist' looking for 'filename' returning on first
+        (leftmost in 'pathlist') match.  The function is insensitive
+        to whether 'filename' is actually a file.  It merely looks for
+        some filesystem entity having the given name.
 
         If found, return the fully qualified filename.
         If not found, return None.
 
-        'searchpath' is a list a paths to search separated by
+        'pathlist' is a list of paths to search separated by
         PATHDELIM characters.
 
         If the 'filename' passed contains 'PATHSEP' characters,
-        presume it to be a relative/absolute path specified
-        by the caller.   In this case, ignore 'searchpath'
-        and just return the fully qualified filename.
+        presume it to be a relative/absolute path specified by the
+        caller.  In this case, ignore 'pathlist' and just return the
+        fully qualified filename.
+
+        Caller can override the delimiter used to separate path
+        entries and the path separator character by passing explicit
+        instances of PATHDELIM= and PATHSEP= respectively.
     """
     
-    pass
+
+    # What we'll return if we find nothing
+    
+    retval = None
+
+    # Handle explicit/relative filename path specifications
+    
+    if filename.find(PATHSEP) > -1:
+        retval = filename
+
+
+    # Find first matching filename on specified path
+
+    else:
+        
+        paths = pathlist.split(PATHDELIM)
+
+        for path in paths:
+
+            if path[-1] != PATHSEP:
+                path += PATHSEP
+
+            path += filename
+
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                retval = path
+                break
+    if retval:
+        retval = os.path.abspath(retval)
+
+    return retval
 
 # End of 'tsearchpath()'