fnmatch

NAME

       fnmatch - match filename or pathname

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fnmatch.h>

       int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *strings, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

       The fnmatch() checks the strings argument and checks if it
       matches pattern argument, which is a shell  wildcard  pat-
       tern.

       The  flags argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bit-
       wise OR of zero or more of the following flags:

       FNM_NOESCAPE
              If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary
              character, instead of an escape character.

       FNM_PATHNAME
              If  this  flag is set, match a slash in string only
              with a slash in pattern and not, for example,  with
              a [] - sequence containing a slash.

       FNM_PERIOD
              If flag this is set, a leading period in string has
              to be matched exactly by a period  in  pattern.   A
              period  is  considered  to  be leading if it is the
              first character in string, or if both  FNM_PATHNAME
              is  set and the period immediately follows a slash.

RETURN VALUE

       Zero if string matches pattern, FNM_NOMATCH if there is no
       match or another value if there is an error.

CONFORMS TO

       proposed POSIX.2

BUGS

       POSIX.2  is  not yet an approved standard; the information
       in this manpage is subject to change.

SEE ALSO

       sh(1), glob(3), glob(7)