^NEW^ -- wildcard string compare (globbing)
matches a string against a wildcard string such as "*.*" or "bl?h.*" etc. This is good for file globbing or to match hostmasks.
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Source Code
int wildcmp(char *wild, char *string) {
char *cp, *mp;
while ((*string) && (*wild != '*')) {
if ((*wild != *string) && (*wild != '?')) {
return 0;
}
wild++;
string++;
}
while (*string) {
if (*wild == '*') {
if (!*++wild) {
return 1;
}
mp = wild;
cp = string+1;
} else if ((*wild == *string) || (*wild == '?')) {
wild++;
string++;
} else {
wild = mp;
string = cp++;
}
}
while (*wild == '*') {
wild++;
}
return !*wild;
}
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