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FNMATCH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 2000-10-15
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NAME
fnmatch - match filename or pathnameSYNOPSIS
#include <fnmatch.h> 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 behaviour; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more of the following flags:
- FNM_NOESCAPE
- If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, instead of an escape character.
- FNM_PATHNAME
- If this flag is set, match a slash in string only with a slash in pattern and not, for example, with a [] - sequence containing a slash.
- FNM_PERIOD
- 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 FNM_PATHNAME is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
- FNM_FILE_NAME
- This is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME.
- FNM_LEADING_DIR
- 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 only implemented in certain cases.
- FNM_CASEFOLD
- If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.
RETURN VALUE
Zero if string matches pattern, FNM_NOMATCH if there is no match or another non-zero value if there is an error.CONFORMING TO
ISO/IEC 9945-2: 1993 (POSIX.2). The FNM_FILE_NAME, FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.SEE ALSO
sh(1), glob(3), scandir(3), glob(7)