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28 .TH FNMATCH 3 2000-10-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
30 fnmatch \- match filename or pathname
33 .B #include <fnmatch.h>
35 .BI "int fnmatch(const char *" "pattern" ", const char *" string ", int " flags );
40 function checks whether the
44 argument, which is a shell wildcard pattern.
48 argument modifies the behavior; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more
49 of the following flags:
52 If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character,
53 instead of an escape character.
56 If this flag is set, match a slash in
60 and not by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) metacharacter,
61 nor by a bracket expression ([]) containing a slash.
64 If this flag is set, a leading period in
66 has to be matched exactly by a period in
68 A period is considered to be leading if it is the first character in
72 is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
75 This is a GNU synonym for
79 If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is considered to be
80 matched if it matches an initial segment of
82 which is followed by a slash.
83 This flag is mainly for the internal
84 use of glibc and is implemented only in certain cases.
87 If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched
95 if there is no match or another nonzero value if there is an error.
99 .BR FNM_FILE_NAME ", " FNM_LEADING_DIR ", and " FNM_CASEFOLD
100 flags are GNU extensions.