os.matchfiles

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Perform a wildcard match to locate one or more files.

matches = os.matchfiles("pattern")

Parameters

pattern is the file system path to search. It may contain single (non-recursive) or double (recursive) asterisk wildcard patterns.

Return Value

A list of files which match the specified pattern. May be empty.

Availability

Premake 4.0 or later.

Examples

matches = os.matchfiles("src/*.c")   -- non-recursive match
matches = os.matchfiles("src/**.c")  -- recursive match

See Also

• os.matchdirs