fnmatch.txh revision 1.1
1@deftypefn Replacement int fnmatch (const char *@var{pattern}, const char *@var{string}, int @var{flags}) 2 3Matches @var{string} against @var{pattern}, returning zero if it 4matches, @code{FNM_NOMATCH} if not. @var{pattern} may contain the 5wildcards @code{?} to match any one character, @code{*} to match any 6zero or more characters, or a set of alternate characters in square 7brackets, like @samp{[a-gt8]}, which match one character (@code{a} 8through @code{g}, or @code{t}, or @code{8}, in this example) if that one 9character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e., match anything 10except what's in the set) by giving @code{^} or @code{!} as the first 11character in the set. To include those characters in the set, list them 12as anything other than the first character of the set. To include a 13dash in the set, list it last in the set. A backslash character makes 14the following character not special, so for example you could match 15against a literal asterisk with @samp{\*}. To match a literal 16backslash, use @samp{\\}. 17 18@code{flags} controls various aspects of the matching process, and is a 19boolean OR of zero or more of the following values (defined in 20@code{<fnmatch.h>}): 21 22@table @code 23 24@item FNM_PATHNAME 25@itemx FNM_FILE_NAME 26@var{string} is assumed to be a path name. No wildcard will ever match 27@code{/}. 28 29@item FNM_NOESCAPE 30Do not interpret backslashes as quoting the following special character. 31 32@item FNM_PERIOD 33A leading period (at the beginning of @var{string}, or if 34@code{FNM_PATHNAME} after a slash) is not matched by @code{*} or 35@code{?} but must be matched explicitly. 36 37@item FNM_LEADING_DIR 38Means that @var{string} also matches @var{pattern} if some initial part 39of @var{string} matches, and is followed by @code{/} and zero or more 40characters. For example, @samp{foo*} would match either @samp{foobar} 41or @samp{foobar/grill}. 42 43@item FNM_CASEFOLD 44Ignores case when performing the comparison. 45 46@end table 47 48@end deftypefn 49