Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/ALL/pnmatch, revision 1.1

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        !             3: pnmatch()                String Function                pnmatch()
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        !             8: Match string pattern
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        !            10: iinntt ppnnmmaattcchh(_s_t_r_i_n_g, _p_a_t_t_e_r_n, _f_l_a_g)
        !            11: cchhaarr *_s_t_r_i_n_g, *_p_a_t_t_e_r_n; iinntt _f_l_a_g;
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        !            13: pnmatch matches  string with pattern, which  is a regular expres-
        !            14: sion.  The  shell sh  uses patterns  for file name  expansion and
        !            15: case statement expressions.
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        !            17: pnmatch returns  one if  pattern matches  string, and zero  if it
        !            18: does not.  Each character in pattern must exactly match a charac-
        !            19: ter in string; however, the  wildcards `*', `?', `[', and `]' can
        !            20: be used in pattern to expand the range of matching.
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        !            22: flag must  be either  zero or one:  zero means that  pattern must
        !            23: match string  exactly, whereas one  means that pattern  can match
        !            24: any part  of string.  In  the latter case, the  wildcards `^' and
        !            25: `$' can also be used in pattern.
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        !            27: ***** Example *****
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        !            29: For an example of this function, see the entry for ffggeettss.
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        !            31: ***** See Also *****
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        !            33: egrep, general functions, grep, sh
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        !            35: ***** Notes *****
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        !            37: flag  must  be  zero or  one  for  pnmatch  to yield  predictable
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        !            40: pnmatch is  a more powerful version of  the ANSI functions strstr
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