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| -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 8d0919c3e872..d533e09419e2 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 |