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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 6.05.01.upstream/6.05.01
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man3/re_comp.3 b/man3/re_comp.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cb4450 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/re_comp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (C), 1995, Graeme W. Wilford. (Wilf.) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" Wed Jun 14 16:10:28 BST 1995 Wilf. (G.Wilford@@ee.surrey.ac.uk) +.\" +.TH re_comp 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +re_comp, re_exec \- BSD regex functions +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #define _REGEX_RE_COMP +.B #include <sys/types.h> +.B #include <regex.h> +.PP +.BI "[[deprecated]] char *re_comp(const char *" regex ); +.BI "[[deprecated]] int re_exec(const char *" string ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR re_comp () +is used to compile the null-terminated regular expression pointed to by +.IR regex . +The compiled pattern occupies a static area, the pattern buffer, +which is overwritten by subsequent use of +.BR re_comp (). +If +.I regex +is NULL, +no operation is performed and the pattern buffer's contents are not +altered. +.PP +.BR re_exec () +is used to assess whether the null-terminated string pointed to by +.I string +matches the previously compiled +.IR regex . +.SH RETURN VALUE +.BR re_comp () +returns NULL on successful compilation of +.I regex +otherwise it returns a pointer to an appropriate error message. +.PP +.BR re_exec () +returns 1 for a successful match, zero for failure. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR re_comp (), +.BR re_exec () +T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +None. +.SH HISTORY +4.3BSD. +.PP +These functions are obsolete; the functions documented in +.BR regcomp (3) +should be used instead. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR regcomp (3), +.BR regex (7), +GNU regex manual |