The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

#### NAME

> glob.h - pathname pattern-matching types

#### SYNOPSIS

> `#include <glob.h>`

#### DESCRIPTION

> The <glob.h> header shall define the structures and symbolic constants used by the glob() function.

> The structure type glob_t shall contain at least the following members:

>     size_t   gl_pathc Count of paths matched by pattern.
>     char   **gl_pathv Pointer to a list of matched pathnames.
>     size_t   gl_offs  Slots to reserve at the beginning of gl_pathv.

> The following constants shall be provided as values for the flags argument:

> GLOB_APPEND
>   Append generated pathnames to those previously obtained.
> GLOB_DOOFFS
>   Specify how many null pointers to add to the beginning of gl_pathv.
> GLOB_ERR
>   Cause glob() to return on error.
> GLOB_MARK
>   Each pathname that is a directory that matches pattern has a slash appended.
> GLOB_NOCHECK
>   If pattern does not match any pathname, then return a list consisting of only pattern.
> GLOB_NOESCAPE
>   Disable backslash escaping.
> GLOB_NOSORT
>   Do not sort the pathnames returned.

> The following constants shall be defined as error return values:

> GLOB_ABORTED
>   The scan was stopped because GLOB_ERR was set or (*errfunc)() returned non-zero.
> GLOB_NOMATCH
>   The pattern does not match any existing pathname, and GLOB_NOCHECK was not set in flags.
> GLOB_NOSPACE
>   An attempt to allocate memory failed.
> GLOB_NOSYS
>   [OB XSI] Reserved.

> The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

>     int  glob(const char *restrict, int, int (*)(const char *, int),
>              glob_t *restrict);
>     void globfree(glob_t *);

> The implementation may define additional macros or constants using names beginning with GLOB_.

The following sections are informative.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> None.

#### RATIONALE

> None.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, glob(), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 4. Derived from the ISO POSIX-2 standard.

#### Issue 6

> The restrict keyword is added to the prototype for glob().

> The constant GLOB_NOSYS is marked obsolescent.

> IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 1-2002, item XBD/TC1/D6/8 is applied, correcting the glob() prototype definition by removing the restrict qualifier from the function pointer argument.

End of informative text.

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