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NAME

       fnmatch.h — filename-matching types

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fnmatch.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <fnmatch.h> header shall define the following symbolic 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.

       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 POSIX.1‐2008, fnmatch()

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  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.unix.org/online.html .

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