posix man page for regcmp

regcmp(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         regcmp(1)

NAME
       regcmp - regular expression compile

SYNOPSIS
       regcmp [-] filename...

DESCRIPTION
       The regcmp command performs a function similar to regcmp and, in most cases, precludes the need for calling regcmp from C programs. Bypass-
       ing regcmp saves on both execution time and program size. The command regcmp compiles the regular expressions in filename  and  places  the
       output in filename.i.

OPTIONS
       -        If  the - option is used, the output is placed in filename.c. The format of entries in filename is a name (C variable) followed by
                one or more blanks followed by one or more regular expressions enclosed in double quotes. The output of regcmp is C  source  code.
                Compiled  regular  expressions  are  represented  as extern char vectors. filename.i files may thus be #included in C programs, or
                filename.c files may be compiled and later loaded. In the C program that uses the regcmp output, regex(abc,line) applies the regu-
                lar expression named abc to line. Diagnostics are self-explanatory.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1: Examples of the regcmp command.

       name     "([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*)$0"

       telno    "({0,1}([2-9][01][1-9])$0){0,1} *"

                "([2-9][0-9]{2})$1[ -]{0,1}"

                "([0-9]{4})$2"

       The three arguments to telno shown above must all be entered on one line.

       In the C program that uses the regcmp output,

            regex(telno, line, area, exch, rest)
       applies the regular expression named telno to line.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       A general description of the usage of the LC_* environmental variables can be found in environ(5).

       LC_CTYPE        Determines  how  regcmp  handles  characters. When LC_CTYPE is set to a valid value, regcmp can display and handle text and
                       filenames containing valid characters for that locale.

       LC_MESSAGES     Determines how diagnostic and informative messages are presented. This includes the language and style of the messages, and
                       the  correct form of affirmative and negative responses.  In the "C" locale, the messages are presented in the default form
                       found in the program itself (in most cases, U.S. English).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWtoo                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI                          |Enabled                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       regcmp(3C), attributes(5), environ(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          Dec 20 1996                                                          regcmp(1)