Table of Contentsfnmatch - match filename or pathname #include <fnmatch.h>
int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *strings, int flags); The fnmatch() checks the strings argument and checks if it matches pattern argument, which is a shell wildcard pattern. The flags argument modifies the behaviour; it is the bitwise 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.
Zero if string matches pattern, FNM_NOMATCH if there is no match or another value if there is an error. proposed POSIX.2 POSIX.2 is not yet an approved standard; the information in this manpage is subject to change. sh(1), glob(3), glob(7)
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