PatternSpec
A GPatternSpec
struct is the ‘compiled’ form of a glob-style pattern.
The func@GLib.pattern_match_simple and method@GLib.PatternSpec.match functions match a string against a pattern containing *
and ?
wildcards with similar semantics as the standard glob()
function: *
matches an arbitrary, possibly empty, string, ?
matches an arbitrary character.
Note that in contrast to man:glob(3), the /
character can be matched by the wildcards, there are no […]
character ranges and *
and ?
can not be escaped to include them literally in a pattern.
When multiple strings must be matched against the same pattern, it is better to compile the pattern to a struct@GLib.PatternSpec using ctor@GLib.PatternSpec.new and use method@GLib.PatternSpec.match_string instead of func@GLib.pattern_match_simple. This avoids the overhead of repeated pattern compilation.
Constructors
Functions
Registers a cleaner to be executed when this proxy object is garbage collected.
Copies @pspec in a new type@GLib.PatternSpec.
Compares two compiled pattern specs and returns whether they will match the same set of strings.
Matches a string against a compiled pattern.
Removes a previously registered cleaner from this proxy object.