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| author | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-05-10 00:28:34 +0000 |
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| committer | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-05-10 00:28:34 +0000 |
| commit | a6bf8584a0571322503cd964109e493106392fe1 (patch) | |
| tree | 7f4ecefca151801e7a452655c6a825851df7efc4 /lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 | |
| parent | 3d01623d39554d5ea60ec6ff3715267a9c16d532 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a6bf8584a0571322503cd964109e493106392fe1.zip FreeBSD-src-a6bf8584a0571322503cd964109e493106392fe1.tar.gz | |
Clarify the description of the FNM_PERIOD flag.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 b/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 index 8d0919c..d533e09 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/fnmatch.3 @@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ must be explicitly matched by slashes in .Fa pattern . If this flag is not set, then slashes are treated as regular characters. .It Dv FNM_PERIOD -Leading periods in strings match periods in patterns. +Leading periods in +.Fa string +must be explicitly matched by periods in +.Fa pattern . +If this flag is not set, then leading periods are treated as regular +characters. The definition of ``leading'' is related to the specification of .Dv FNM_PATHNAME. A period is always ``leading'' if it is the first character in |
