.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
.TH "<fnmatch.h>" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
.\" <fnmatch.h> 
.SH NAME
fnmatch.h \- filename-matching types
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
\fB#include <fnmatch.h>\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The \fI<fnmatch.h>\fP header shall define the following constants:
.TP 7
FNM_NOMATCH
The string does not match the specified pattern.
.TP 7
FNM_PATHNAME
Slash in \fIstring\fP only matches slash in \fIpattern\fP.
.TP 7
FNM_PERIOD
Leading period in \fIstring\fP must be exactly matched by period in
\fIpattern\fP.
.TP 7
FNM_NOESCAPE
Disable backslash escaping.
.TP 7
FNM_NOSYS
Reserved. 
.sp
.LP
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined
as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.
.sp
.RS
.nf

\fBint fnmatch(const char *, const char *, int);
\fP
.fi
.RE
.LP
\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
.SH APPLICATION USAGE
.LP
None.
.SH RATIONALE
.LP
None.
.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
.LP
None.
.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
The System Interfaces volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fIfnmatch\fP(),
the
Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001
.SH COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
