1FNMATCH(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                FNMATCH(3)
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NAME

6       fnmatch - match filename or pathname
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <fnmatch.h>
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11       int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  fnmatch()  function checks whether the string argument matches the
15       pattern argument, which is a shell wildcard pattern.
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17       The flags argument modifies the behavior; it is the bitwise OR of  zero
18       or more of the following flags:
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20       FNM_NOESCAPE
21              If  this  flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character,
22              instead of an escape character.
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24       FNM_PATHNAME
25              If this flag is set, match a slash in string only with  a  slash
26              in  pattern  and  not  by an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?)
27              metacharacter, nor by a bracket  expression  ([])  containing  a
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30       FNM_PERIOD
31              If  this  flag  is  set,  a  leading  period in string has to be
32              matched exactly by a period in pattern.  A period is  considered
33              to be leading if it is the first character in string, or if both
34              FNM_PATHNAME is set and the period immediately follows a slash.
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37              This is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME.
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40              If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is considered
41              to  be  matched if it matches an initial segment of string which
42              is followed by a slash.  This flag is mainly  for  the  internal
43              use of glibc and is implemented only in certain cases.
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46              If  this  flag  (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched
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RETURN VALUE

50       Zero if string matches pattern, FNM_NOMATCH if there  is  no  match  or
51       another nonzero value if there is an error.
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CONFORMING TO

54       POSIX.2.   The  FNM_FILE_NAME,  FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags
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SEE ALSO

58       sh(1), glob(3), scandir(3), wordexp(3), glob(7)
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COLOPHON

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62       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
63       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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