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fmatch

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This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description

Find a filename matching a pattern.

Name	Description
const filename[]	The string to hold the result in, returned as a packed string.
const pattern[]	The pattern that should be matched. May contain wildcards.
index	The number of the file, in case there are multiple matches. (default: 0)
size = sizeof (filename)	The maximum size of parameter name

Returns

true - Success (the file matches the pattern)

false - Failure (the file does not exist or the pattern does not match)

Examples

if (fmatch("file.txt", "*.txt"))
{
    print("The file matches the pattern.");
}
else
{
    print("The file \"file.txt\" does not exists, or pattern does not match.");
}

Notes

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This function works on open.mp server but not on SA:MP server.

Related Functions

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fclose: Close a file.
ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
fremove: Remove a file.
fwrite: Write to a file.
fread: Read a file.
fputchar: Put a character in a file.
fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
flength: Get the file length.
fexist: Check, if a file exists.
ftell: Get the current position in the file.
fflush: Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete).
fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
frename: Rename a file.
fcopy: Copy a file.
filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
fattrib: Set the file attributes.
fcreatedir: Create a directory.