diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e93322f1d..661a0069a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Mon Dec 15 13:11:32 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Mon Dec 15 13:32:22 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* dir.c (check_dirname): check string safety and remove extraneous
 	  trailing directory separators.  [ruby-dev:22279]
 
-	* file.c: extern rb_path_next, rb_path_skip_prefix,
-	  rb_path_last_separator, rb_path_end.
+	* file.c: renamed and externalized rb_path_next,
+	  rb_path_skip_prefix, rb_path_last_separator, rb_path_end.
 
 	* intern.h: prototypes for rb_path_next, rb_path_skip_prefix,
 	  rb_path_last_separator, rb_path_end.
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index f338db646d..12adcdab87 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ skiproot(path)
 
 #define nextdirsep rb_path_next
 char *
-nextdirsep(s)
+rb_path_next(s)
     const char *s;
 {
     while (*s && !isdirsep(*s)) {
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ nextdirsep(s)
 
 #define skipprefix rb_path_skip_prefix
 char *
-skipprefix(path)
+rb_path_skip_prefix(path)
     const char *path;
 {
 #if defined(DOSISH_UNC) || defined(DOSISH_DRIVE_LETTER) 
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ skipprefix(path)
 
 #define strrdirsep rb_path_last_separator
 char *
-strrdirsep(path)
+rb_path_last_separator(path)
     const char *path;
 {
     char *last = NULL;
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ strrdirsep(path)
 
 #define chompdirsep rb_path_end
 char *
-chompdirsep(path)
+rb_path_end(path)
     const char *path;
 {
     while (*path) {