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File::Glob(3perl)                Perl Programmers Reference Guide               File::Glob(3perl)



NAME
       File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine

SYNOPSIS
         use File::Glob ':bsd_glob';

         @list = bsd_glob('*.[ch]');
         $homedir = bsd_glob('~gnat', GLOB_TILDE | GLOB_ERR);

         if (GLOB_ERROR) {
           # an error occurred reading $homedir
         }

         ## override the core glob (CORE::glob() does this automatically
         ## by default anyway, since v5.6.0)
         use File::Glob ':globally';
         my @sources = <*.{c,h,y}>;

         ## override the core glob, forcing case sensitivity
         use File::Glob qw(:globally :case);
         my @sources = <*.{c,h,y}>;

         ## override the core glob forcing case insensitivity
         use File::Glob qw(:globally :nocase);
         my @sources = <*.{c,h,y}>;

         ## glob on all files in home directory
         use File::Glob ':globally';
         my @sources = <~gnat/*>;

DESCRIPTION
       The glob angle-bracket operator "<>" is a pathname generator that implements the rules for
       file name pattern matching used by Unix-like shells such as the Bourne shell or C shell.

       File::Glob::bsd_glob() implements the FreeBSD glob(3) routine, which is a superset of the
       POSIX glob() (described in IEEE Std 1003.2 "POSIX.2").  bsd_glob() takes a mandatory
       "pattern" argument, and an optional "flags" argument, and returns a list of filenames
       matching the pattern, with interpretation of the pattern modified by the "flags" variable.

       Since v5.6.0, Perl's CORE::glob() is implemented in terms of bsd_glob().  Note that they
       don't share the same prototype--CORE::glob() only accepts a single argument.  Due to
       historical reasons, CORE::glob() will also split its argument on whitespace, treating it
       as multiple patterns, whereas bsd_glob() considers them as one pattern.  But see
       ":bsd_glob" under "EXPORTS", below.

   META CHARACTERS
         \       Quote the next metacharacter
         []      Character class
         {}      Multiple pattern
         *       Match any string of characters
         ?       Match any single character
         ~       User name home directory

       The metanotation "a{b,c,d}e" is a shorthand for "abe ace ade".  Left to right order is
       preserved, with results of matches being sorted separately at a low level to preserve this
       order.  As a special case "{", "}", and "{}" are passed undisturbed.

   EXPORTS
       See also the "POSIX FLAGS" below, which can be exported individually.

       ":bsd_glob"

       The ":bsd_glob" export tag exports bsd_glob() and the constants listed below.  It also
       overrides glob() in the calling package with one that behaves like bsd_glob() with regard
       to spaces (the space is treated as part of a file name), but supports iteration in scalar
       context; i.e., it preserves the core function's feature of returning the next item each
       time it is called.

       ":glob"

       The ":glob" tag, now discouraged, is the old version of ":bsd_glob".  It exports the same
       constants and functions, but its glob() override does not support iteration; it returns
       the last file name in scalar context.  That means this will loop forever:

           use File::Glob ':glob';
           while (my $file = <* copy.txt>) {
               ...
           }

       "bsd_glob"

       This function, which is included in the two export tags listed above, takes one or two
       arguments.  The first is the glob pattern.  The second is a set of flags ORed together.
       The available flags are listed below under "POSIX FLAGS".  If the second argument is
       omitted, "GLOB_CSH" (or "GLOB_CSH|GLOB_NOCASE" on VMS and DOSish systems) is used by
       default.

       ":nocase" and ":case"

       These two export tags globally modify the default flags that bsd_glob() and, except on
       VMS, Perl's built-in "glob" operator use.  "GLOB_NOCASE" is turned on or off,
       respectively.

       "csh_glob"

       The csh_glob() function can also be exported, but you should not use it directly unless
       you really know what you are doing.  It splits the pattern into words and feeds each one
       to bsd_glob().  Perl's own glob() function uses this internally.

   POSIX FLAGS
       The POSIX defined flags for bsd_glob() are:

       "GLOB_ERR"
           Force bsd_glob() to return an error when it encounters a directory it cannot open or
           read.  Ordinarily bsd_glob() continues to find matches.

       "GLOB_LIMIT"
           Make bsd_glob() return an error (GLOB_NOSPACE) when the pattern expands to a size
           bigger than the system constant "ARG_MAX" (usually found in limits.h).  If your system
           does not define this constant, bsd_glob() uses "sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX)" or
           "_POSIX_ARG_MAX" where available (in that order).  You can inspect these values using
           the standard "POSIX" extension.

       "GLOB_MARK"
           Each pathname that is a directory that matches the pattern has a slash appended.

       "GLOB_NOCASE"
           By default, file names are assumed to be case sensitive; this flag makes bsd_glob()
           treat case differences as not significant.

       "GLOB_NOCHECK"
           If the pattern does not match any pathname, then bsd_glob() returns a list consisting
           of only the pattern.  If "GLOB_QUOTE" is set, its effect is present in the pattern
           returned.

       "GLOB_NOSORT"
           By default, the pathnames are sorted in ascending ASCII order; this flag prevents that
           sorting (speeding up bsd_glob()).

       The FreeBSD extensions to the POSIX standard are the following flags:

       "GLOB_BRACE"
           Pre-process the string to expand "{pat,pat,...}" strings like csh(1).  The pattern
           '{}' is left unexpanded for historical reasons (and csh(1) does the same thing to ease
           typing of find(1) patterns).

       "GLOB_NOMAGIC"
           Same as "GLOB_NOCHECK" but it only returns the pattern if it does not contain any of
           the special characters "*", "?" or "[".  "NOMAGIC" is provided to simplify
           implementing the historic csh(1) globbing behaviour and should probably not be used
           anywhere else.

       "GLOB_QUOTE"
           Use the backslash ('\') character for quoting: every occurrence of a backslash
           followed by a character in the pattern is replaced by that character, avoiding any
           special interpretation of the character.  (But see below for exceptions on DOSISH
           systems).

       "GLOB_TILDE"
           Expand patterns that start with '~' to user name home directories.

       "GLOB_CSH"
           For convenience, "GLOB_CSH" is a synonym for "GLOB_BRACE | GLOB_NOMAGIC | GLOB_QUOTE |
           GLOB_TILDE | GLOB_ALPHASORT".

       The POSIX provided "GLOB_APPEND", "GLOB_DOOFFS", and the FreeBSD extensions
       "GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC", and "GLOB_MAGCHAR" flags have not been implemented in the Perl version
       because they involve more complex interaction with the underlying C structures.

       The following flag has been added in the Perl implementation for csh compatibility:

       "GLOB_ALPHASORT"
           If "GLOB_NOSORT" is not in effect, sort filenames is alphabetical order (case does not
           matter) rather than in ASCII order.

DIAGNOSTICS
       bsd_glob() returns a list of matching paths, possibly zero length.  If an error occurred,
       &File::Glob::GLOB_ERROR will be non-zero and $! will be set.  &File::Glob::GLOB_ERROR is
       guaranteed to be zero if no error occurred, or one of the following values otherwise:

       "GLOB_NOSPACE"
           An attempt to allocate memory failed.

       "GLOB_ABEND"
           The glob was stopped because an error was encountered.

       In the case where bsd_glob() has found some matching paths, but is interrupted by an
       error, it will return a list of filenames and set &File::Glob::ERROR.

       Note that bsd_glob() deviates from POSIX and FreeBSD glob(3) behaviour by not considering
       "ENOENT" and "ENOTDIR" as errors - bsd_glob() will continue processing despite those
       errors, unless the "GLOB_ERR" flag is set.

       Be aware that all filenames returned from File::Glob are tainted.

NOTES
       ·   If you want to use multiple patterns, e.g. "bsd_glob("a* b*")", you should probably
           throw them in a set as in "bsd_glob("{a*,b*}")".  This is because the argument to
           bsd_glob() isn't subjected to parsing by the C shell.  Remember that you can use a
           backslash to escape things.

       ·   On DOSISH systems, backslash is a valid directory separator character.  In this case,
           use of backslash as a quoting character (via GLOB_QUOTE) interferes with the use of
           backslash as a directory separator.  The best (simplest, most portable) solution is to
           use forward slashes for directory separators, and backslashes for quoting.  However,
           this does not match "normal practice" on these systems.  As a concession to user
           expectation, therefore, backslashes (under GLOB_QUOTE) only quote the glob
           metacharacters '[', ']', '{', '}', '-', '~', and backslash itself.  All other
           backslashes are passed through unchanged.

       ·   Win32 users should use the real slash.  If you really want to use backslashes,
           consider using Sarathy's File::DosGlob, which comes with the standard Perl
           distribution.

SEE ALSO
       "glob" in perlfunc, glob(3)

AUTHOR
       The Perl interface was written by Nathan Torkington <gnat AT frii.com>, and is released under
       the artistic license.  Further modifications were made by Greg Bacon <gbacon AT cs.edu>,
       Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar AT activestate.com>, and Thomas Wegner <wegner_thomas AT yahoo.com>.  The
       C glob code has the following copyright:

           Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
           All rights reserved.

           This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
           Guido van Rossum.

           Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
           modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
           are met:

           1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
              notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
           2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
              notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
              documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
           3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
              may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
              without specific prior written permission.

           THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
           ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
           IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
           ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
           FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
           DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
           OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
           HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
           LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
           OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
           SUCH DAMAGE.



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