--- /dev/null
+#
+# glob.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:glob, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'EOS'
+ Returns an Array of file entries of a directory or an Array of directories.
+ Uses same patterns as Dir#glob
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "glob(): Wrong number of arguments given " +
+ "(#{arguments.size} for 1)") unless arguments.size == 1
+
+ pattern = arguments[0]
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'glob(): Requires either array or string ' +
+ 'to work') unless pattern.is_a?(String) || pattern.is_a?(Array)
+
+ Dir.glob(pattern)
+ end
+end