On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 11:34:23PM +0800, Mathias K?rber wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Saturday, May 24, 2003 04:06:14 PM +0800 Mathias K�rber 
> <mathias AT koerber DOT org> wrote:
> 
> >May need to add some code to check whether a multi-/ name
> >exists exactly as given and let that through too.
> >Anythoughts on whether that will break anything?
> 
> I found a function glob(3) which seems to do exactly what needs
> to be done: find fines which match a given glob.
> 
> from the manpage:
> 
> >GLOB(3)             Linux Programmer's Manual             GLOB(3)
> >
> >NAME
> >       glob, globfree - find pathnames matching a pattern, free memory
> >from glob()
> >
> >SYNOPSIS
> >       #include <glob.h>
> >
> >       int glob(const char *pattern, int flags,
> >                int errfunc(const char *epath, int eerrno),
> >                glob_t *pglob);
> >       void globfree(glob_t *pglob);
...
> 
> Is this available under other unices (and is it equivalent there?)
> 
> Ill try and come up with a patch based on this if I find the time...
> 
> any comments/hints/suggestions etc welcome.


Well the same function exists in the standard C library of my Solaris, HP-UX,
and Tru64 machines.  But doesn't exist in the required libraries of the C 
standard.
Of course, that does not deal with file systems and directories.

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