diff --git a/files/ajax/autocomplete.php b/files/ajax/autocomplete.php
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+<?php
+//provide auto completion of paths for use with jquer ui autocomplete
+
+
+// Init owncloud
+require_once('../../lib/base.php');
+
+// We send json data
+// header( "Content-Type: application/jsonrequest" );
+
+// Check if we are a user
+if( !OC_USER::isLoggedIn()){
+	echo json_encode( array( "status" => "error", "data" => array( "message" => "Authentication error" )));
+	exit();
+}
+
+// Get data
+$query = $_GET['term'];
+$dirOnly=(isset($_GET['dironly']))?($_GET['dironly']=='true'):false;
+
+if($query[0]!='/'){
+	$query='/'.$query;
+}
+
+if(substr($query,-1,1)=='/'){
+	$base=$query;
+}else{
+	$base=dirname($query);
+}
+
+$query=substr($query,strlen($base));
+$queryLen=strlen($query);
+
+// echo "$base - $query";
+
+$files=array();
+
+if(OC_FILESYSTEM::is_dir($base)){
+	$dh = OC_FILESYSTEM::opendir($base);
+	if(substr($base,-1,1)!='/'){
+		$base=$base.'/';
+	}
+	while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
+		if ($file != "." && $file != ".."){
+			if(substr($file,0,$queryLen)==$query){
+				$item=$base.$file;
+				if((!$dirOnly or OC_FILESYSTEM::is_dir($item))){
+					$files[]=(object)array('id'=>$item,'label'=>$item,'name'=>$item);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+echo json_encode($files);
+
+?>