diff --git a/mysys/charset.c b/mysys/charset.c
index e61d08cbc33..64b15fab0c2 100644
--- a/mysys/charset.c
+++ b/mysys/charset.c
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ my_bool my_charset_same(CHARSET_INFO *cs1, CHARSET_INFO *cs2)
 }
 
 
+static uint
+get_collation_number_internal(const char *name)
+{
+  CHARSET_INFO **cs;
+  for (cs= all_charsets;
+       cs < all_charsets+array_elements(all_charsets)-1 ;
+       cs++)
+  {
+    if ( cs[0] && cs[0]->name && 
+         !my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, cs[0]->name, name))
+      return cs[0]->number;
+  }  
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
 static my_bool init_state_maps(CHARSET_INFO *cs)
 {
   uint i;
@@ -189,7 +205,8 @@ static my_bool simple_cs_is_full(CHARSET_INFO *cs)
 
 static int add_collation(CHARSET_INFO *cs)
 {
-  if (cs->name && (cs->number || (cs->number=get_collation_number(cs->name))))
+  if (cs->name && (cs->number ||
+                   (cs->number=get_collation_number_internal(cs->name))))
   {
     if (!all_charsets[cs->number])
     {
@@ -419,18 +436,8 @@ void free_charsets(void)
 
 uint get_collation_number(const char *name)
 {
-  CHARSET_INFO **cs;
   init_available_charsets(MYF(0));
-  
-  for (cs= all_charsets;
-       cs < all_charsets+array_elements(all_charsets)-1 ;
-       cs++)
-  {
-    if ( cs[0] && cs[0]->name && 
-         !my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, cs[0]->name, name))
-      return cs[0]->number;
-  }  
-  return 0;   /* this mimics find_type() */
+  return get_collation_number_internal(name);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mysys/my_lib.c b/mysys/my_lib.c
index c3b0b57e549..1908c70f407 100644
--- a/mysys/my_lib.c
+++ b/mysys/my_lib.c
@@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ MY_DIR	*my_dir(const char *path, myf MyFlags)
  
   do
   {
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+    attrib= find.ff_attrib;
+#else
+    attrib= find.attrib;
+    /*
+      Do not show hidden and system files which Windows sometimes create.
+      Note. Because Borland's findfirst() is called with the third
+      argument = 0 hidden/system files are excluded from the search.
+    */
+    if (attrib & (_A_HIDDEN | _A_SYSTEM))
+      continue;
+#endif    
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
     if (!(finfo.name= strdup_root(names_storage, find.ff_name)))
       goto error;
@@ -442,11 +454,10 @@ MY_DIR	*my_dir(const char *path, myf MyFlags)
       bzero(finfo.mystat, sizeof(MY_STAT));
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
       finfo.mystat->st_size=find.ff_fsize;
-      mode=MY_S_IREAD; attrib=find.ff_attrib;
 #else
       finfo.mystat->st_size=find.size;
-      mode=MY_S_IREAD; attrib=find.attrib;
 #endif
+      mode=MY_S_IREAD;
       if (!(attrib & _A_RDONLY))
 	mode|=MY_S_IWRITE;
       if (attrib & _A_SUBDIR)