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.TH CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION 3 "19 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION \- wildcard match callback
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#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);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype
shown above.

This callback is used for wildcard matching.

Return \fICURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH\fP if pattern matches the string,
\fICURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH\fP if not or \fICURL_FNMATCHFUNC_FAIL\fP if an
error occurred.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL == an internal function for wildcard matching.
.SH PROTOCOLS
FTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
extern int string_match(const char *s1, const char *s2);

struct local_stuff {
  void *custom;
};
static int my_fnmatch(void *clientp,
                      const char *pattern, const char *string)
{
  struct local_stuff *data = clientp;
  printf("my pointer: %p\\n", data->custom);
  if(string_match(pattern, string))
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_MATCH;
  else
    return CURL_FNMATCHFUNC_NOMATCH;
}

int main(void)
{
  struct local_stuff local_data;
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    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);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.21.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA (3),
.BR CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH (3)