NAME
fnmatch - match filename or pathname SYNOPSIS
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int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags); DESCRIPTION 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: FNMNOESCAPE If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, instead of an escape character. FNMPATHNAME 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. FNMPERIOD 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 FNMPATHNAME is set and the period immediately follows a slash. FNMFILENAME This is a GNU synonym for FNMPATHNAME. FNMLEADINGDIR 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. FNMCASEFOLD If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively. RETURN VALUE Zero if string matches pattern, FNMNOMATCH if there is no match or another nonzero value if there is an error. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌──────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├──────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────┤
│fnmatch() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe env locale │ └──────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────┘ CONFORMING TO POSIX.2. The FNMFILENAME, FNMLEADINGDIR, and FNMCASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions. SEE ALSO sh(1), glob(3), scandir(3), wordexp(3), glob(7) COLOPHON
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