fnmatch.txh revision 1.1.1.1
1@deftypefn Replacement int fnmatch (const char *@var{pattern}, @ 2 const char *@var{string}, int @var{flags}) 3 4Matches @var{string} against @var{pattern}, returning zero if it 5matches, @code{FNM_NOMATCH} if not. @var{pattern} may contain the 6wildcards @code{?} to match any one character, @code{*} to match any 7zero or more characters, or a set of alternate characters in square 8brackets, like @samp{[a-gt8]}, which match one character (@code{a} 9through @code{g}, or @code{t}, or @code{8}, in this example) if that one 10character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e., match anything 11except what's in the set) by giving @code{^} or @code{!} as the first 12character in the set. To include those characters in the set, list them 13as anything other than the first character of the set. To include a 14dash in the set, list it last in the set. A backslash character makes 15the following character not special, so for example you could match 16against a literal asterisk with @samp{\*}. To match a literal 17backslash, use @samp{\\}. 18 19@code{flags} controls various aspects of the matching process, and is a 20boolean OR of zero or more of the following values (defined in 21@code{<fnmatch.h>}): 22 23@table @code 24 25@item FNM_PATHNAME 26@itemx FNM_FILE_NAME 27@var{string} is assumed to be a path name. No wildcard will ever match 28@code{/}. 29 30@item FNM_NOESCAPE 31Do not interpret backslashes as quoting the following special character. 32 33@item FNM_PERIOD 34A leading period (at the beginning of @var{string}, or if 35@code{FNM_PATHNAME} after a slash) is not matched by @code{*} or 36@code{?} but must be matched explicitly. 37 38@item FNM_LEADING_DIR 39Means that @var{string} also matches @var{pattern} if some initial part 40of @var{string} matches, and is followed by @code{/} and zero or more 41characters. For example, @samp{foo*} would match either @samp{foobar} 42or @samp{foobar/grill}. 43 44@item FNM_CASEFOLD 45Ignores case when performing the comparison. 46 47@end table 48 49@end deftypefn 50