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From: karl@ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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Subject: Re: wildcard matching
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Date: 4 Jan 91 18:13:33 GMT
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Ins <584@cadlab.sublink.ORG> staff@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) writes:
>One more reson to do wildmatch() right, then!

But first, check whether it needs to be done at all; and if so, implement it
using the standard interface.  Many libraries, and at least one influential
standard, already contain "int gmatch(char *str, char *pat)".  It handles not
only "*" and "?" but also "[xyz]" and "[!xyz]" (yes, that's a bang, not a
circumflex; glob vs regexp strikes again).

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.isc.com or uunet!ima!karl), The Walking Lint