--- a/src/utils/pathut.h
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.h
@@ -16,20 +16,28 @@
  */
 #ifndef _PATHUT_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _PATHUT_H_INCLUDED_
-/* @(#$Id: pathut.h,v 1.6 2006-01-30 11:15:28 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
+/* @(#$Id: pathut.h,v 1.7 2006-03-20 09:54:22 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes */
 
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
 
+/// Add a / at the end if none there yet.
 extern void path_catslash(std::string &s);
+/// Concatenate 2 paths
 extern std::string path_cat(const std::string &s1, const std::string &s2);
+/// Get the simple file name (get rid of any directory path prefix
 extern std::string path_getsimple(const std::string &s);
+/// Simple file name + optional suffix stripping
 extern std::string path_basename(const std::string &s, const std::string &suff="");
+/// Get the father directory
 extern std::string path_getfather(const std::string &s);
+/// Get the current user's home directory
 extern std::string path_home();
+/// Expand ~ at the beginning of string 
 extern std::string path_tildexpand(const std::string &s);
-
+/// Clean up path by removing duplicated / and resolving ../
 extern std::string path_canon(const std::string &s);
+/// Use glob(3) to return a list of file names matching pattern inside dir
 extern std::list<std::string> path_dirglob(const std::string &dir, 
 					   const std::string pattern);
 #endif /* _PATHUT_H_INCLUDED_ */