1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Lint/__init__.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Lint/__init__.py
index 526bdf159..903ee6326 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Lint/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Lint/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 """ Base classes for Lint plugins and error handling """
 
-import os
-import sys
-import time
 import copy
 import fcntl
+import fnmatch
+import glob
+import logging
+import os
 import struct
+import sys
 import termios
-import logging
 import textwrap
+import time
+
 import lxml.etree
+
 import Bcfg2.Options
 import Bcfg2.Server.Core
 import Bcfg2.Server.Plugins
@@ -145,6 +149,14 @@ class Plugin(object):
                 xml_declaration=False).decode("UTF-8").strip()
         return "   line %s: %s" % (element.sourceline, xml)
 
+    def list_matching_files(self, path):
+        """list all files matching the path in self.files or the bcfg2 repo."""
+        if self.files is not None:
+            return fnmatch.filter(self.files, os.path.join('*', path))
+        else:
+            return glob.glob(os.path.join(Bcfg2.Options.setup.repository,
+                                          path))
+
 
 class ErrorHandler(object):
     """ A class to handle errors for bcfg2-lint plugins """