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wordexp()

Perform word expansions

Synopsis:

#include <wordexp.h>

int wordexp( const char * words,
             wordexp_t * pwordexp,
             int flags );

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

This function is in libc.a, but not in libc.so (in order to save space).

Description:

The C bindings for performing word expansions aren't currently supported.

Returns:

-1 to indicate an error (errno is set).

Errors:

WRDE_NOSYS

The wordexp() function isn't currently supported.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1

See also:

glob(), globfree(), wordfree()