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fnmatch

FNMATCH(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							FNMATCH(3)

NAME

       fnmatch - match filename or pathname

SYNOPSIS

       #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 behavior; 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 by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?)
	      metacharacter, nor by a bracket expression ([]) 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 nonzero value if there is an error.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.2.  The FNM_FILE_NAME, FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.

SEE ALSO

       sh(1), glob(3), scandir(3), wordexp(3), glob(7)

COLOPHON

       This page is part of release 3.44 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU
								    2000-10-15								FNMATCH(3)

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