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.\" (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:35:54 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.TH FNMATCH 3 "April 19, 1993" "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
fnmatch \- match filename or pathname
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <fnmatch.h>
.sp
.BI "int fnmatch(const char *" "pattern" ", const char *" strings ", int "flags ");"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B fnmatch()
checks the
.I strings
argument and checks if it matches
.I pattern
argument, which is a shell wildcard pattern.
.PP
The
.I flags
argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bitwise OR of zero or more
of the following flags:
.TP
.B FNM_NOESCAPE
If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character,
instead of an escape character.
.TP
.B FNM_PATHNAME
If this flag is set, match a slash in
.I string
only with a slash in
.I pattern
and not, for example, with a [] \- sequence containing a slash.
.TP
.B FNM_PERIOD
If flag this is set, a leading period in
.I string
has to be matched exactly by a period in
.IR pattern .
A period is considered to be leading if it is the first character in
.IR string ,
or if both
.B FNM_PATHNAME
is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Zero if
.I string
matches
.IR pattern ,
.B FNM_NOMATCH
if there is no match or another value if there is an error.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
proposed POSIX.2
.SH BUGS
POSIX.2 is not yet an approved standard; the information in this
manpage is subject to change.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR sh "(1), " glob "(3), " glob (7)
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