NAME

re_comp.h — regular-expression-matching functions for re_comp() (LEGACY)

SYNOPSIS

#include <re_comp.h>

DESCRIPTION

The following are declared as functions and may also be declared as macros:

char  *re_comp(const char *string);
int    re_exec(const char *string);

APPLICATION USAGE

This header is kept for historical reasons. New applications should use the regcomp(3) , regexec(3) , regerror(3) and regfree(3) functions, and the <regex.h> header, which provide full internationalised regular expression functionality compatible with the ISO POSIX-2 standard and the XBD specification, Regular Expressions .

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

re_comp(3) , <regex.h> .