fnmatch.h

<fnmatch.h>(P)						       <fnmatch.h>(P)



NAME
       fnmatch.h - filename-matching types

SYNOPSIS
       #include <fnmatch.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The <fnmatch.h> header shall define the following constants:

       FNM_NOMATCH
	      The string does not match the specified pattern.

       FNM_PATHNAME
	      Slash in string only matches slash in pattern.

       FNM_PERIOD
	      Leading  period  in string must be exactly matched by period in
	      pattern.

       FNM_NOESCAPE
	      Disable backslash escaping.

       FNM_NOSYS
	      Reserved.


       The following shall be declared as a function and may also be  defined
       as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.


	      int fnmatch(const char *, const char *, int);

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       The  System  Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, fnmatch(), the
       Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic	 form
       from  IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open	Group
       Base  Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute
       of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The  Open  Group.  In
       the  event  of  any  discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard	 is  the  referee  document.  The  original  Standard  can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .



POSIX				     2003		       <fnmatch.h>(P)