GMATCH(3GEN) String Pattern-Matching Library Functions GMATCH(3GEN)
NAME
gmatch - shell global pattern matching
SYNOPSIS
cc [
flag ... ]
file ...
-lgen [
library ... ]
#include <libgen.h>
int gmatch(
const char *str,
const char *pattern);
DESCRIPTION
gmatch() checks whether the null-terminated string
str matches the
null-terminated pattern string
pattern. See the
sh(1), section
File Name Generation, for a discussion of pattern matching. A backslash
(
\) is used as an escape character in pattern strings.
RETURN VALUES
gmatch() returns non-zero if the pattern matches the string, zero if
the pattern does not.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Examples of gmatch() function.
In the following example,
gmatch() returns non-zero (true) for all
strings with "
a" or "
-" as their last character.
char *s;
gmatch (s, "*[a\-]" )
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | MT-Safe |
+---------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
sh(1),
attributes(7)NOTES
When compiling multithreaded applications, the
_REENTRANT flag must
be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in
multithreaded applications.
December 29, 1996 GMATCH(3GEN)
