Re: GNAT.Regexp: Am I missing something?

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Marius Amado Alves <alves@systran.lu> writes:

> > > >    File_Regexp := Compile("*.log", Glob => True);
> > > > 
> > > > I would end up with a regular expression that would match filenames
> > > > ending in ".log".  However, that's not what's happening, none of my
> > > > ".log" files get matched with that expression.
> > > 
> > > I would guess that the problem is that the function actually expects
> > > "true" regular expressions. I.e. "^.*[.]log$" and not "*.log".
> > 
> > No, the clue's in the "Glob => True"; given that, the function's
> > expecting glob-stype regular expressions, as OP expected.
> 
> Not clear.
> 
> The familiar types are exactly two:
> 
>   1. regular expression (perhaps of an "extended" strand like PERL's)
> 
>   2. Unix filename matching expression (with characters '*' and '?')
> 
> Please match Glob, "glob-stype", "OP" and any other strange names to the
> familiar domain.

Given the context I thought they would be familiar. Sorry.

For some arcane reason, 'glob' was the word chosen by the early Unix
implementers to describe the shell style of pattern matching.

"glob-stype" is a typo for "glob-type".

OP means "original poster", ie the person who started the thread.

HTH (hope that helps)

-Simon