Module posix.fnmatch
Filename matching.
Functions and constants for matching known filenames against shell-style pattern strings.
Functions
| fnmatch (pat, name[, flags=0]) | Match a filename against a shell pattern. | 
Constants
| posix.fnmatch | Fnmatch constants. | 
Functions
- fnmatch (pat, name[, flags=0])
- 
    Match a filename against a shell pattern.
    Parameters:Returns:- 
           int
        
 0, if successfulOr- 
           int
        
 FNM_NOMATCHOr- 
           int
        some other non-zero integer if fnmatch itself failed
    
 See also:
Constants
- posix.fnmatch
- 
    Fnmatch constants.
Any constants not available in the underlying system will be nilvalued.Fields:- FNM_PATHNAME int slashes in pathname must be matched by slash in pattern
- FNM_NOESCAPE int disable backslash escaping
- FNM_NOMATCH int match failed
- FNM_PERIOD int periods in pathname must be matched by period in pattern
 Usage:-- Print fnmatch constants supported on this host. for name, value in pairs (require "posix.fnmatch") do if type (value) == "number" then print (name, value) end end