fnmatch
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NAME
fnmatch - match filename or pathname
SYNOPSIS
#include <fnmatch.h>
int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *strings, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The fnmatch() checks the strings argument and checks if it
matches pattern argument, which is a shell wildcard pat-
tern.
The flags argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bit-
wise OR of zero or more of the following flags:
FNM_NOESCAPE
If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary
character, instead of an escape character.
FNM_PATHNAME
If this flag is set, match a slash in string only
with a slash in pattern and not, for example, with
a [] - sequence containing a slash.
FNM_PERIOD
If flag this is set, a leading period in string has
to be matched exactly by a period in pattern. A
period is considered to be leading if it is the
first character in string, or if both FNM_PATHNAME
is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
RETURN VALUE
Zero if string matches pattern, FNM_NOMATCH if there is no
match or another value if there is an error.
CONFORMS TO
proposed POSIX.2
BUGS
POSIX.2 is not yet an approved standard; the information
in this manpage is subject to change.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), glob(3), glob(7)
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