CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: May 31, 2017
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NAME

CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION - wildcard matching function callback  

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

int fnmatch_callback(void *ptr,
                     const char *pattern,
                     const char *string);

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION,
                          fnmatch_callback);

 

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype shown above.

This callback is used for wildcard matching.

Return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH if pattern matches the string, CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH if not or CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_FAIL if an error occurred.  

DEFAULT

NULL == an internal function for wildcard matching.  

PROTOCOLS

FTP  

EXAMPLE

static int my_fnmatch(void *clientp,
                      const char *pattern, const char *string)
{
  struct local_stuff *data = (struct local_stuff *)clientp;
  if(string_match(pattern, string))
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH;
  else
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH;
}

{
  struct local_stuff local_data;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://ftp.example.com/file*");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH, 1L);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION, my_fnmatch);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA, &local_data);
}

 

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.21.0  

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.  

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3),

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