diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8fd4ebda..073e9271 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -176,8 +176,5 @@ Lauri Pesonen <lauri.pesonen@firsthop.com>
  for avoiding linking in 'libncurses' if compiling without DEBUG_OSD=1 and
  REMOTE=KBD
 
-Emil Naepflein <Emil.Naepflein@philosys.de>
- for his hint about the 'ftw()' library function
-
 Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>
  for fixing the LastActivity timestamp after a shutdown prompt
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 196e5fd1..5728c169 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -900,9 +900,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   subdirectories for the recordings. This can be controlled through the
   "RecordingDirs" parameter in the "Setup" menu.
   See "MANUAL/Replaying a Recording" for details.
-- Now using a call to the 'ftw()' library function instead of an external 'find'
-  command to collect the recordings (thanks to Emil Naepflein for his hint about
-  this function).
 - Improved speed of setting the Help button texts.
 - Fixed handling file names that contain single quotes (') or dollar signs ($)
   in the call to the shutdown command (option '-s') and the recording command
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 89c1ad92..acdf264c 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.47 2002/01/27 14:10:25 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.48 2002/01/27 15:14:45 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <ftw.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@
 #define SUMMARYFILESUFFIX "/summary.vdr"
 #define MARKSFILESUFFIX   "/marks.vdr"
 
+#define FINDCMD      "find %s -follow -type d -name '%s' 2> /dev/null"
+
 #define MINDISKSPACE 1024 // MB
 
 #define DELETEDLIFETIME     1 // hours after which a deleted recording will be actually removed
@@ -484,39 +485,29 @@ bool cRecording::Remove(void)
 
 // --- cRecordings -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-cRecordings *FilterRecordings = NULL;
-const char *FilterSuffix = NULL;
-
-static int Filter(const char *Name, const struct stat *Stat, int Status)
-{
-  if (FilterRecordings && FilterSuffix) {
-     if (Status == FTW_D) {
-        if (endswith(Name, FilterSuffix)) {
-           cRecording *r = new cRecording(Name);
-           FilterRecordings->Add(r);
-           }
-        }
-     return 0;
-     }
-  return 1;
-}
-
 bool cRecordings::Load(bool Deleted)
 {
-  if (FilterRecordings)
-     return false; // because of the static Filter() function only _one_ call at a time is allowed!
   Clear();
-  bool result = true;
-  FilterRecordings = this;
-  FilterSuffix = Deleted ? DELEXT : RECEXT;
-  if (ftw(VideoDirectory, Filter, 10) < 0) {
-     LOG_ERROR;
-     result = errno != ESTALE; // apparently stale NFS file handles are not really a problem?
+  bool result = false;
+  char *cmd = NULL;
+  asprintf(&cmd, FINDCMD, VideoDirectory, Deleted ? "*" DELEXT : "*" RECEXT);
+  FILE *p = popen(cmd, "r");
+  if (p) {
+     char *s;
+     while ((s = readline(p)) != NULL) {
+           cRecording *r = new cRecording(s);
+           if (r->Name())
+              Add(r);
+           else
+              delete r;
+           }
+     pclose(p);
+     Sort();
+     result = Count() > 0;
      }
-  Sort();
-  result = result && Count() > 0;
-  FilterRecordings = NULL;
-  FilterSuffix = NULL;
+  else
+     Interface->Error("Error while opening pipe!");
+  delete cmd;
   return result;
 }