fnmatch - match filename or pathname
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <fnmatch.h>
int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);The fnmatch() function checks whether the
string argument matches the pattern argument, which is
a shell wildcard pattern (see glob(7)).
The flags argument modifies the behavior; it is the bitwise
OR of zero or more of the following flags:
If this flag is set, treat backslash as an ordinary character, instead of an escape character.
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.
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.
This is a GNU synonym for FNM_PATHNAME.
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 implemented only in certain cases.
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, the pattern is matched case-insensitively.
If this flag (a GNU extension) is set, extended patterns are
supported, as introduced by 'ksh' and now supported by other shells. The
extended format is as follows, with pattern-list being a '|'
separated list of patterns.
pattern-list)'The pattern matches if zero or one occurrences of any of the patterns
in the pattern-list match the input string.
pattern-list)'The pattern matches if zero or more occurrences of any of the
patterns in the pattern-list match the input
string.
pattern-list)'The pattern matches if one or more occurrences of any of the patterns
in the pattern-list match the input string.
pattern-list)'The pattern matches if exactly one occurrence of any of the patterns
in the pattern-list match the input string.
pattern-list)'The pattern matches if the input string cannot be matched
with any of the patterns in the pattern-list.
Zero if string matches pattern,
FNM_NOMATCH if there is no match or another nonzero
value if there is an error.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
fnmatch() |
Thread safety | MT-Safe env locale |
POSIX.1-2008.
GNU.
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.2.