Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 8 NSAPI Developer's Guide

shexp_match() Function

The shexp_match function compares a specified pre-validated shell expression against a specified string. This function returns one of three possible values representing match, no match, and invalid comparison. The comparison in contrast to the contrast made by the shexp_casecmp function is case sensitive.

The shexp_match function does not perform validation of the shell expression. To perform validation, use shexp_valid().

Use this function for a shell expression such as *.netscape.com, and make sure that a string matches it, such as foo.netscape.com.

Syntax

int shexp_match(char *str, char *exp);

Return Values

0 if a match was found.

1 if no match was found.

-1 if the comparison resulted in an invalid expression.

Parameters

char *str is the string to be compared.

char *exp is the prevalidated shell expression (wildcard pattern) to compare against.

See Also

shexp_casecmp() Function, shexp_cmp() Function, shexp_valid() Function