FNMATCH.H(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual FNMATCH.H(7)

NAME

fnmatch.h — filename-matching types

SYNOPSIS

#include <fnmatch.h>

The <fnmatch.h> header shall define the following symbolic 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.

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);

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First released in Issue 4. Derived from the ISO POSIX-2 standard.

The FNM_NOSYS constant is marked obsolescent.

The obsolescent FNM_NOSYS constant is removed.

This reference page is clarified with respect to macros and symbolic constants.

January 1, 2008 posix.fail