gmatch(3GEN) String Pattern-Matching Library Functions gmatch(3GEN)NAME
gmatch - shell global pattern matching
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lgen [ library ... ]
#include <libgen.h>
int gmatch(const char *str, const char *pattern);
DESCRIPTION
gmatch() checks whether the null-terminated string str matches the null-terminated pattern string pattern. See the sh(1), section File
Name Generation, for a discussion of pattern matching. A backslash () is used as an escape character in pattern strings.
RETURN VALUES
gmatch() returns non-zero if the pattern matches the string, zero if the pattern does not.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Examples of gmatch() function.
In the following example, gmatch() returns non-zero (true) for all strings with "a" or "-" as their last character.
char *s;
gmatch (s, "*[a-]" )
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sh(1), attributes(5)NOTES
When compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in mul-
tithreaded applications.
SunOS 5.10 29 Dec 1996 gmatch(3GEN)
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gmatch(3GEN) String Pattern-Matching Library Functions gmatch(3GEN)NAME
gmatch - shell global pattern matching
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lgen [ library ... ]
#include <libgen.h>
int gmatch(const char *str, const char *pattern);
DESCRIPTION
gmatch() checks whether the null-terminated string str matches the null-terminated pattern string pattern. See the sh(1), section File
Name Generation, for a discussion of pattern matching. A backslash () is used as an escape character in pattern strings.
RETURN VALUES
gmatch() returns non-zero if the pattern matches the string, zero if the pattern does not.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Examples of gmatch() function.
In the following example, gmatch() returns non-zero (true) for all strings with "a" or "-" as their last character.
char *s;
gmatch (s, "*[a-]" )
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sh(1), attributes(5)NOTES
When compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in mul-
tithreaded applications.
SunOS 5.10 29 Dec 1996 gmatch(3GEN)
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