Will gen_fnmatch work in tdbutil/tdb_search_keys?

John E. Malmberg wb8tyw at qsl.net
Mon Jun 26 21:25:19 GMT 2006


Green, Paul wrote:
> John,
> 
> Take a look at the FreeBSD source code for fnmatch.c.  You should be
> able to easily port it, and it's BSD license is probably compatible with
> your existing VMS source license(s).   
> 
> Of course, if you don't mind adding fnmatch to the Samba build system,
> then you can also port one of the GPL'd versions.

The fnmatch() from linux compiles directly on OpenVMS with no changes, 
so for now I will use that.

I am still curious about my original question though.

 >For the tdbutil routine tdb_search_keys(), can I substitute a call to
 >the gen_fnmatch() routine?

Thanks,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net
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