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diff --git a/Doc/libfnmatch.tex b/Doc/libfnmatch.tex index 824ee44..ecb77d3 100644 --- a/Doc/libfnmatch.tex +++ b/Doc/libfnmatch.tex @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ \label{module-fnmatch} \stmodindex{fnmatch} -This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are -\emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are -documented in the \code{re} module). The special characters used -in shell-style wildcards are: +This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which +are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented +in the \code{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters +used in shell-style wildcards are: \begin{itemize} \item[\code{*}] matches everything \item[\code{?}] matches any single character @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ in shell-style wildcards are: \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). +Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not} +special to this module. See module \code{glob}\refstmodindex{glob} +for pathname expansion (\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch()} to +match filename segments). \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module fnmatch)} -\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatch}{filename\, pattern} +\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 @@ -28,17 +29,12 @@ require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{} +\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{filename, pattern} 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. \strong{Version note:} in Python 1.4 and earlier, this -function translated to \code{regex} (Emacs style) regular expressions; -in 1.5 and later, it translates to \code{re} (Perl style) regular -expressions. -\end{funcdesc} +\begin{seealso} +\seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion} +\end{seealso} |