GLOB_MATCH

Section: libata Core Internals (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

glob_match - match a text string against a glob-style pattern

SYNOPSIS

int glob_match(const char * text, const char * pattern);

ARGUMENTS

text

: the string to be examined

pattern

: the glob-style pattern to be matched against

DESCRIPTION

Either/both of text and pattern can be empty strings.

Match text against a glob-style pattern, with wildcards and simple sets:

? matches any single character. * matches any run of characters. [xyz] matches a single character from the set: x, y, or z. [a-d] matches a single character from the range: a, b, c, or d. [a-d0-9] matches a single character from either range.

The special characters ?, [, -, or *, can be matched using a set, eg. [*] Behaviour with malformed patterns is undefined, though generally reasonable.

SAMPLE PATTERNS

"SD1?lq, rqSD1[0-5]lq, rq*R0lq, rqSD*1?[012]*xx"

This function uses one level of recursion per '*' in pattern. Since it calls _nothing_ else, and has _no_ explicit local variables, this will not cause stack problems for any reasonable use here.

RETURNS

0 on match, 1 otherwise.

AUTHOR

Jeff Garzik

: Author.