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.\"    Manual: libata Core Internals
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "GLOB_MATCH" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "libata Core Internals"
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.SH "NAME"
glob_match \- match a text string against a glob\-style pattern
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ glob_match('u
.BI "int glob_match(const\ char\ *\ " "text" ", const\ char\ *\ " "pattern" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fItext\fR
.RS 4
the string to be examined
.RE
.PP
\fIpattern\fR
.RS 4
the glob\-style pattern to be matched against
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Either/both of text and pattern can be empty strings\&.
.PP
Match text against a glob\-style pattern, with wildcards and simple sets:
.PP
? 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\&.
.PP
The special characters ?, [, \-, or *, can be matched using a set, eg\&. [*] Behaviour with malformed patterns is undefined, though generally reasonable\&.
.SH "SAMPLE PATTERNS"
.PP
"SD1?\(lq, \(rqSD1[0\-5]\(lq, \(rq*R0\(lq, \(rqSD*1?[012]*xx"
.PP
This function uses one level of recursion per \*(Aq*\*(Aq in pattern\&. Since it calls _nothing_ else, and has _no_ explicit local variables, this will not cause stack problems for any reasonable use here\&.
.SH "RETURNS"
.PP
0 on match, 1 otherwise\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJeff Garzik\fR
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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