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



NAME
       fnmatch - match filename or pathname

SYNOPSIS
       #include <fnmatch.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       The  fnmatch()  function  checks whether the string argument matches the pattern argument, which is a shell wildcard pat-
       tern.

       The flags argument modifies the behavior; 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 by an asterisk (*) or a question
              mark (?) metacharacter, nor by a bracket expression ([]) containing a slash.

       FNM_PERIOD
              If  this  flag  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.

       FNM_FILE_NAME
              This is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME.

       FNM_LEADING_DIR
              If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is considered to be matched if it matches an initial segment of
              string which is followed by a slash.  This flag is mainly for the internal use of glibc and is only implemented in
              certain cases.

       FNM_CASEFOLD
              If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.

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

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.2.  The FNM_FILE_NAME, FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.

SEE ALSO
       sh(1), glob(3), scandir(3), wordexp(3), glob(7)

COLOPHON
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GNU                                                        2000-10-15                                                 FNMATCH(3)