NAME

     fnmatch - match filename or pathname

SYNOPSIS

     #include <fnmatch.h>

     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 pat-
     tern.

     The flags argument modifies the behaviour; 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, for example, with a [] -
          sequence 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 seg-
          ment of string which is followed by a slash.

     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

     ISO/IEC  9945-2:   1993   (POSIX.2).    The   FNM_FILE_NAME,
     FNM_LEADING_DIR, and FNM_CASEFOLD flags are GNU extensions.

SEE ALSO

     sh(1), glob(3), glob(7)