<wordexp.h>(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual <wordexp.h>(P)
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NAMEwordexp.h - word-expansion types
SYNOPSIS
#include <wordexp.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <wordexp.h> header shall define the structures and symbolic con‐
stants used by the wordexp() and wordfree() functions.
The structure type wordexp_t shall contain at least the following mem‐
bers:
size_t we_wordc Count of words matched by words.
char **we_wordv Pointer to list of expanded words.
size_t we_offs Slots to reserve at the beginning of we_wordv.
The flags argument to the wordexp() function shall be the bitwise-
inclusive OR of the following flags:
WRDE_APPEND
Append words to those previously generated.
WRDE_DOOFFS
Number of null pointers to prepend to we_wordv.
WRDE_NOCMD
Fail if command substitution is requested.
WRDE_REUSE
The pwordexp argument was passed to a previous successful call
to wordexp(), and has not been passed to wordfree(). The result
is the same as if the application had called wordfree() and then
called wordexp() without WRDE_REUSE.
WRDE_SHOWERR
Do not redirect stderr to /dev/null.
WRDE_UNDEF
Report error on an attempt to expand an undefined shell vari‐
able.
The following constants shall be defined as error return values:
WRDE_BADCHAR
One of the unquoted characters- <newline>, '|' , '&' , ';' , '<'
, '>' , '(' , ')' , '{' , '}' - appears in words in an inappro‐
priate context.
WRDE_BADVAL
Reference to undefined shell variable when WRDE_UNDEF is set in
flags.
WRDE_CMDSUB
Command substitution requested when WRDE_NOCMD was set in flags.
WRDE_NOSPACE
Attempt to allocate memory failed.
WRDE_NOSYS
Reserved.
WRDE_SYNTAX
Shell syntax error, such as unbalanced parentheses or untermi‐
nated string.
The <wordexp.h> header shall define the following type:
size_t As described in <stddef.h> .
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
int wordexp(const char *restrict, wordexp_t *restrict, int);
void wordfree(wordexp_t *);
The implementation may define additional macros or constants using
names beginning with WRDE_.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
<stddef.h> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
wordexp(), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
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 .
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