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RE_COMP(3)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		    RE_COMP(3)

NAME
       re_comp, re_exec - BSD regex functions

SYNOPSIS
       #define _REGEX_RE_COMP
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <regex.h>

       char *re_comp(char *regex);

       int re_exec(char *string);

DESCRIPTION
       re_comp()  is  used  to	compile the null-terminated regular expression
       pointed to by regex.  The compiled pattern occupies a static area,  the
       pattern	buffer,	 which	is overwritten by subsequent use of re_comp().
       If regex is NULL, no operation is performed and	the  pattern  buffer's
       contents are not altered.

       re_exec()  is used to assess whether the null-terminated string pointed
       to by string matches the previously compiled regex.

RETURN VALUE
       re_comp() returns NULL on successful compilation of regex otherwise  it
       returns a pointer to an appropriate error message.

       re_exec() returns 1 for a successful match, zero for failure.

ATTRIBUTES
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The re_comp() and re_exec() functions are not thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD.

NOTES
       These  functions	 are  obsolete; the functions documented in regcomp(3)
       should be used instead.

SEE ALSO
       regcomp(3), regex(7), GNU regex manual

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.63 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU				  2013-06-21			    RE_COMP(3)
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