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_NOESCAPEIf this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, instead of an escape character.
FNM_PATHNAMEIf 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_PERIODIf 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_NAMEThis is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME.
FNM_LEADING_DIRIf 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_CASEFOLDIf this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.
FNM_EXTMATCHIf this flag (a GNU extension) is set, extended
patterns are supported, as introduced by 'ksh' and now
supported by other shells. The extended format is as
follows, with pattern−list
being a '|' separated list of patterns.
pattern−list)'The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of
any of the patterns in the pattern−list
match the input string.
pattern−list)'The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of
any of the patterns in the pattern−list
match the input string.
pattern−list)'The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of
any of the patterns in the pattern−list
match the input string.
pattern−list)'The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any
of the patterns in the pattern−list
match the input string.
pattern−list)'The pattern matches if the input string cannot be matched
with any of the patterns in the pattern−list.
Zero if string
matches pattern,
FNM_NOMATCH if there is no
match or another nonzero value if there is an error.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
fnmatch() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe env locale |
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, POSIX.2. The FNM_FILE_NAME, FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.
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