Uni/Fnmatch

Interface to the fnmatch C function.

Info

To use declarations from this page, include the <essence/uni/fnmatch.hpp> header.

They are found within the essence::uni namespace.

enum class fnm : i32

Options passed to fnmatch.

enumerator fnm::none = 0

enumerator fnm::pathname = FNM_PATHNAME

enumerator fnm::period = FNM_PERIOD

enumerator fnm::no_escape = FNM_NOESCAPE

enumerator fnm::case_fold = FNM_CASEFOLD

enumerator fnm::extended_match = FNM_EXTMATCH

enumerator fnm::leading_dir = FNM_LEADING_DIR

bool fnmatch(const std::string &pattern, const std::string &name, fnm flags)

Return true if pattern would match the file name.

Parameters pattern and name may also be const char*.

Example

#include <essence/io.hpp>
#include <essence/uni/dirent.hpp>
#include <essence/uni/fnmatch.hpp>

using namespace essence;

std::string pat { "*.cpp" };

auto entries = uni::scandir("src");

// print all entries in `src` who match the "*.cpp" glob pattern.
for (const auto& entry: entries)
{
   if (uni::fnmatch(pat, entry))
      io::printn("match: {}", entry);
}