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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:35:54 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified Mon Oct 16 00:16:29 2000 following Joseph S. Myers
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.TH FNMATCH 3 2000-10-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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fnmatch \- match filename or pathname
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <fnmatch.h>
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.BI "int fnmatch(const char *" "pattern" ", const char *" string ", int " flags );
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR fnmatch ()
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function checks whether the
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.I string
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argument matches the
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.I pattern
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argument, which is a shell wildcard pattern.
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.PP
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The
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.I flags
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argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more
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of the following flags:
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.TP
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.B FNM_NOESCAPE
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If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character,
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instead of an escape character.
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.TP
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.B FNM_PATHNAME
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If this flag is set, match a slash in
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.I string
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only with a slash in
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.I pattern
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and not by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) metacharacter,
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nor by a bracket expression ([]) containing a slash.
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.TP
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.B FNM_PERIOD
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If this flag is set, a leading period in
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.I string
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has to be matched exactly by a period in
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.IR pattern .
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A period is considered to be leading if it is the first character in
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.IR string ,
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or if both
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.B FNM_PATHNAME
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is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
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.TP
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.B FNM_FILE_NAME
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This is a GNU synonym for \fBFNM_PATHNAME\fR.
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.TP
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.B FNM_LEADING_DIR
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If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is considered to be
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matched if it matches an initial segment of
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.I string
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which is followed by a slash. This flag is mainly for the internal
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use of glibc and is only implemented in certain cases.
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.TP
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.B FNM_CASEFOLD
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If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched
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case-insensitively.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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Zero if
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.I string
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matches
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.IR pattern ,
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.B FNM_NOMATCH
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if there is no match or another non-zero value if there is an error.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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POSIX.2.
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The
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.BR FNM_FILE_NAME ", " FNM_LEADING_DIR ", and " FNM_CASEFOLD
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flags are GNU extensions.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR sh (1),
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.BR glob (3),
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.BR scandir (3),
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.BR wordexp (3),
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.BR glob (7)
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