FNMATCH(3)		   Linux Programmers 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 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 non-zero 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
       This  page  is  part of release 3.05 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU				  2000-10-15			    FNMATCH(3)