diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7773df..0fe1696 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,22 +6,29 @@ some specified action in response.
 Settings are stored in `~/.less-watch`
 
 If some file does not exist, the script will continue to try the other files,
-and retry any inaccessible file every 60 seconds. This is 
+and retry any inaccessible file every 60 seconds. I do a lot of development on
+remote servers, so the files are only accessible when I have sshfs connected,
+but I don't want to have to run something to tell my LESS compiler that it
+should retry the filepath in question.
+
+(This particular feature is not actually in 0.0.1, by the way. It's planned.)
 
 ## `~/.less-watch` format
 
-Each line has a file on the left of a colon, and a command on the right.
+Each line has a glob (or simple file) on the left of a colon, and a command on
+the right.
 
 The command on the right will have the following keywords available:
 
-- {file}, the fullpath of the matching file (usually just the file to the left
-  of the colon) 
-- {dir}, the directory containing {file}
+- {file}, the fullpath of the matching file (usually just the string to the left
+  of the colon).
+- {basename}, the shortname of {file}, without path or extension.
+- {dirname}, the directory containing {file}.
 
 ## `~/.less-watch` example
 
-/Users/chbrown/work/mailmaster/static/css/site.less: cd {dir} && lessc -C site.less site.css
-/Volumes/sshfs_drive/app4/static/master.less: cd {dir} && lessc -C master.less master.css
+/Users/chbrown/work/mailmaster/static/css/site.less: cd {dirname} && lessc -C site.less site.css
+/Volumes/sshfs_drive/app4/static/*.less: cd {dirname} && lessc -C {basename}.less {basename}.css
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/less-watch b/less-watch
index c4b7a26..5795b05 100755
--- a/less-watch
+++ b/less-watch
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ function watch(globpath, action) {
     // for single files, filepaths will just be one file: the exact match
     filepaths.forEach(function(filepath) {
       // for each file, decide on its command
-      var command = action.replace(/\{file\}/g, filepath).replace(/\{dir\}/g, path.dirname(filepath));
+      var ext = filepath.match(/(\.\w+)?$/)[1],
+        command = action.
+        replace(/\{file\}/g, filepath).
+        replace(/\{basename\}/g, path.basename(filepath, ext)).
+        replace(/\{dirname\}/g, path.dirname(filepath));
       // save the filepath so that we can unwatch it easily when reloading, and start the watch
       watched_filepaths.push(filepath);
       fs.watchFile(filepath, {interval: 250}, function(curr, prev) {