FNMATCH Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: 17 April 2025 Index   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 pattern. 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 segment 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   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:03 GMT, March 24, 2025