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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..78b21a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{fnmatch}} +\stmodindex{fnmatch} + +This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are +\emph{not} the same as Python's regular expressions (which are +documented in the \code{regex} module). The special characters used +in shell-style wildcards are: +\begin{itemize} +\item[\code{*}] matches everything +\item[\code{?}] matches any single character +\item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq} +\item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq} +\end{itemize} + +Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on Unix) is \emph{not} +special to this module. See module \code{glob} for pathname expansion +(\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch} to match filename segments). + +\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatch}{filename\, pattern} +Test whether the \var{filename} string matches the \var{pattern} +string, returning true or false. If the operating system is +case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all +lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you +require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's +standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{} +Test whether \var{filename} matches \var{pattern}, returning true or +false; the comparision is case-sensitive. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{pattern} +Translate a shell pattern into a corresponding regular expression, +returning a string describing the pattern. It does not compile the +expression. +\end{funcdesc} + |