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



NAME
       fnmatch - match filename or pathname

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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 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 contain-
	      ing 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  consid-
	      ered  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 non-zero value if there is an error.

CONFORMING TO
       ISO/IEC 9945-2: 1993 (POSIX.2).	The  FNM_FILE_NAME,  FNM_LEADING_DIR,
       and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.

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



GNU				  2000-10-15			   FNMATCH(3)