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| author | Björn Gustavsson <[email protected]> | 2017-10-05 10:40:52 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <[email protected]> | 2017-10-05 10:40:52 +0200 |
| commit | f7476ef04d6cad95a54aff3aae734c25a283e3fd (patch) | |
| tree | feb60a7333102e60fce579a3a50685272a0825a9 /lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml | |
| parent | b6c52ec1a344d7ee42b10feddb10c1d03b3a7c27 (diff) | |
| parent | 36dc96339e2b2b692e6dfe6de43db3a2348732bd (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #1567 from bjorng/bjorn/stdlib/wildcard-escaping/ERL-451/OTP-14577
Implement escaping of special characters in wildcards
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml | 5 |
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml index 57c4348745..1b69e84d31 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml @@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ <p>Other characters represent themselves. Only filenames that have exactly the same character in the same position match. Matching is case-sensitive, for example, "a" does not match "A".</p> + <p>Directory separators must always be written as <c>/</c>, even on + Windows.</p> + <p>A character preceded by <c>\</c> loses its special meaning. Note + that <c>\</c> must be written as <c>\\</c> in a string literal. + For example, "\\?*" will match any filename starting with <c>?</c>.</p> <p>Notice that multiple "*" characters are allowed (as in Unix wildcards, but opposed to Windows/DOS wildcards).</p> <p><em>Examples:</em></p> |