glob.h

, glob

- pathname pattern-matching types

Synopsis

#include <glob.h> 

Description

The <glob.h> header defines the structures and symbolic constants used by the glob(3C).

The structure type glob_t contains the following members:

size_t gl_pathc       /* count of paths matched by pattern */
char   **gl_pathv     /* pointer to a list of matched 
                         pathnames */
size_t gl_offs        /* lots to reserve at the beginning 
                         of gl_pathv */

The following constants are provided as values for the flags argument:

GLOB_APPEND

Append generated pathnames to those previously obtained.

GLOB_DOOFFS

Specify how many null pointers to add to the beginning of gl_pathv.

GLOB_ERR

Cause glob() to return on error.

GLOB_MARK

Each pathname that is a directory that matches pattern has a slash appended.

GLOB_NOCHECK

If pattern does not match any pathname, then return a list consisting of only pattern.

GLOB_NOESCAPE

Disable backslash escaping.

GLOB_NOSORT

Do not sort the pathnames returned.

The following constants are defined as error return values:

GLOB_ABORTED

The scan was stopped because GLOB_ERR was set or (*errfunc)() returned non-zero.

GLOB_NOMATCH

The pattern does not match any existing pathname, and GLOB_NOCHECK was not set in flags.

GLOB_NOSPACE

An attempt to allocate memory failed.

GLOB_NOSYS

Reserved.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

glob(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)