PMATCH(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual PMATCH(9)NAME
pmatch — performs pattern matching on strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/systm.h>
int
pmatch(const char *string, const char *pattern, const char **estr);
DESCRIPTION
Extract substring matching pattern from string. If not NULL, estr points
to the end of the longest exact or substring match.
pmatch() uses the following metacharacters:
? match any single character.
* match any character 0 or more times.
[ define a range of characters that will match. The range is
defined by 2 characters separated by a ‘-’. The range definition
has to end with a ‘]’. A ‘^’ following the ‘[’ will negate the
range.
RETURN VALUESpmatch() will return 2 for an exact match, 1 for a substring match, 0 for
no match and -1 if an error occurs.
BSD October 12, 2003 BSD