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fnmatch — match filename or pathname
#include <fnmatch.h>
int
fnmatch( |
const char *pattern, |
const char *string, | |
int flags) ; |
The fnmatch
() function
checks whether the string
argument matches the
pattern
argument,
which is a shell wildcard pattern.
The flags
argument
modifies the behavior; it is the bitwise 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 by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?)
metacharacter, nor by a bracket expression ([])
containing a slash.
FNM_PERIOD
If this flag 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.
FNM_FILE_NAME
This is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME
.
FNM_LEADING_DIR
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern
is considered to be matched if it matches an initial
segment of string
which is followed
by a slash. This flag is mainly for the internal use of
glibc and is implemented only in certain cases.
FNM_CASEFOLD
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.
Zero if string
matches pattern
,
FNM_NOMATCH
if there is no
match or another nonzero value if there is an error.
POSIX.2. The FNM_FILE_NAME
,
FNM_LEADING_DIR
, and
FNM_CASEFOLD
flags are GNU
extensions.