FNMATCH.H(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual FNMATCH.H(7)
NAME
fnmatch.h —
filename-matching types
SYNOPSIS
#include
<fnmatch.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <fnmatch.h> header shall define the following constants:
- FNM_NOMATCH
- The string does not match the specified pattern.
- FNM_PATHNAME
- Slash in string only matches slash in pattern .
- FNM_PERIOD
- Leading period in string must be exactly matched by period in pattern .
- FNM_NOESCAPE
- Disable backslash escaping.
- FNM_NOSYS
- [OB XSI] Reserved.
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.
int fnmatch(const char *, const char *, int);
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), fnmatch(3), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”)
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 4. Derived from the ISO POSIX-2 standard.
Issue 6
The constant FNM_NOSYS is marked obsolescent.
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