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diff --git a/plugins/Pcre16/docs/doc/pcreposix.3 b/plugins/Pcre16/docs/doc/pcreposix.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 77890f36b4..0000000000 --- a/plugins/Pcre16/docs/doc/pcreposix.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,267 +0,0 @@ -.TH PCREPOSIX 3 "09 January 2012" "PCRE 8.30" -.SH NAME -PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions. -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.rs -.sp -.B #include <pcreposix.h> -.PP -.nf -.B int regcomp(regex_t *\fIpreg\fP, const char *\fIpattern\fP, -.B " int \fIcflags\fP);" -.sp -.B int regexec(regex_t *\fIpreg\fP, const char *\fIstring\fP, -.B " size_t \fInmatch\fP, regmatch_t \fIpmatch\fP[], int \fIeflags\fP);" -.B " size_t regerror(int \fIerrcode\fP, const regex_t *\fIpreg\fP," -.B " char *\fIerrbuf\fP, size_t \fIerrbuf_size\fP);" -.sp -.B void regfree(regex_t *\fIpreg\fP); -.fi -. -.SH DESCRIPTION -.rs -.sp -This set of functions provides a POSIX-style API for the PCRE regular -expression 8-bit library. See the -.\" HREF -\fBpcreapi\fP -.\" -documentation for a description of PCRE's native API, which contains much -additional functionality. There is no POSIX-style wrapper for PCRE's 16-bit -and 32-bit library. -.P -The functions described here are just wrapper functions that ultimately call -the PCRE native API. Their prototypes are defined in the \fBpcreposix.h\fP -header file, and on Unix systems the library itself is called -\fBpcreposix.a\fP, so can be accessed by adding \fB-lpcreposix\fP to the -command for linking an application that uses them. Because the POSIX functions -call the native ones, it is also necessary to add \fB-lpcre\fP. -.P -I have implemented only those POSIX option bits that can be reasonably mapped -to PCRE native options. In addition, the option REG_EXTENDED is defined with -the value zero. This has no effect, but since programs that are written to the -POSIX interface often use it, this makes it easier to slot in PCRE as a -replacement library. Other POSIX options are not even defined. -.P -There are also some other options that are not defined by POSIX. These have -been added at the request of users who want to make use of certain -PCRE-specific features via the POSIX calling interface. -.P -When PCRE is called via these functions, it is only the API that is POSIX-like -in style. The syntax and semantics of the regular expressions themselves are -still those of Perl, subject to the setting of various PCRE options, as -described below. "POSIX-like in style" means that the API approximates to the -POSIX definition; it is not fully POSIX-compatible, and in multi-byte encoding -domains it is probably even less compatible. -.P -The header for these functions is supplied as \fBpcreposix.h\fP to avoid any -potential clash with other POSIX libraries. It can, of course, be renamed or -aliased as \fBregex.h\fP, which is the "correct" name. It provides two -structure types, \fIregex_t\fP for compiled internal forms, and -\fIregmatch_t\fP for returning captured substrings. It also defines some -constants whose names start with "REG_"; these are used for setting options and -identifying error codes. -. -. -.SH "COMPILING A PATTERN" -.rs -.sp -The function \fBregcomp()\fP is called to compile a pattern into an -internal form. The pattern is a C string terminated by a binary zero, and -is passed in the argument \fIpattern\fP. The \fIpreg\fP argument is a pointer -to a \fBregex_t\fP structure that is used as a base for storing information -about the compiled regular expression. -.P -The argument \fIcflags\fP is either zero, or contains one or more of the bits -defined by the following macros: -.sp - REG_DOTALL -.sp -The PCRE_DOTALL option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. Note that REG_DOTALL is not part of the -POSIX standard. -.sp - REG_ICASE -.sp -The PCRE_CASELESS option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. -.sp - REG_NEWLINE -.sp -The PCRE_MULTILINE option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. Note that this does \fInot\fP mimic the -defined POSIX behaviour for REG_NEWLINE (see the following section). -.sp - REG_NOSUB -.sp -The PCRE_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE option is set when the regular expression is passed -for compilation to the native function. In addition, when a pattern that is -compiled with this flag is passed to \fBregexec()\fP for matching, the -\fInmatch\fP and \fIpmatch\fP arguments are ignored, and no captured strings -are returned. -.sp - REG_UCP -.sp -The PCRE_UCP option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. This causes PCRE to use Unicode properties -when matchine \ed, \ew, etc., instead of just recognizing ASCII values. Note -that REG_UTF8 is not part of the POSIX standard. -.sp - REG_UNGREEDY -.sp -The PCRE_UNGREEDY option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. Note that REG_UNGREEDY is not part of the -POSIX standard. -.sp - REG_UTF8 -.sp -The PCRE_UTF8 option is set when the regular expression is passed for -compilation to the native function. This causes the pattern itself and all data -strings used for matching it to be treated as UTF-8 strings. Note that REG_UTF8 -is not part of the POSIX standard. -.P -In the absence of these flags, no options are passed to the native function. -This means the the regex is compiled with PCRE default semantics. In -particular, the way it handles newline characters in the subject string is the -Perl way, not the POSIX way. Note that setting PCRE_MULTILINE has only -\fIsome\fP of the effects specified for REG_NEWLINE. It does not affect the way -newlines are matched by . (they are not) or by a negative class such as [^a] -(they are). -.P -The yield of \fBregcomp()\fP is zero on success, and non-zero otherwise. The -\fIpreg\fP structure is filled in on success, and one member of the structure -is public: \fIre_nsub\fP contains the number of capturing subpatterns in -the regular expression. Various error codes are defined in the header file. -.P -NOTE: If the yield of \fBregcomp()\fP is non-zero, you must not attempt to -use the contents of the \fIpreg\fP structure. If, for example, you pass it to -\fBregexec()\fP, the result is undefined and your program is likely to crash. -. -. -.SH "MATCHING NEWLINE CHARACTERS" -.rs -.sp -This area is not simple, because POSIX and Perl take different views of things. -It is not possible to get PCRE to obey POSIX semantics, but then PCRE was never -intended to be a POSIX engine. The following table lists the different -possibilities for matching newline characters in PCRE: -.sp - Default Change with -.sp - . matches newline no PCRE_DOTALL - newline matches [^a] yes not changeable - $ matches \en at end yes PCRE_DOLLARENDONLY - $ matches \en in middle no PCRE_MULTILINE - ^ matches \en in middle no PCRE_MULTILINE -.sp -This is the equivalent table for POSIX: -.sp - Default Change with -.sp - . matches newline yes REG_NEWLINE - newline matches [^a] yes REG_NEWLINE - $ matches \en at end no REG_NEWLINE - $ matches \en in middle no REG_NEWLINE - ^ matches \en in middle no REG_NEWLINE -.sp -PCRE's behaviour is the same as Perl's, except that there is no equivalent for -PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY in Perl. In both PCRE and Perl, there is no way to stop -newline from matching [^a]. -.P -The default POSIX newline handling can be obtained by setting PCRE_DOTALL and -PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY, but there is no way to make PCRE behave exactly as for the -REG_NEWLINE action. -. -. -.SH "MATCHING A PATTERN" -.rs -.sp -The function \fBregexec()\fP is called to match a compiled pattern \fIpreg\fP -against a given \fIstring\fP, which is by default terminated by a zero byte -(but see REG_STARTEND below), subject to the options in \fIeflags\fP. These can -be: -.sp - REG_NOTBOL -.sp -The PCRE_NOTBOL option is set when calling the underlying PCRE matching -function. -.sp - REG_NOTEMPTY -.sp -The PCRE_NOTEMPTY option is set when calling the underlying PCRE matching -function. Note that REG_NOTEMPTY is not part of the POSIX standard. However, -setting this option can give more POSIX-like behaviour in some situations. -.sp - REG_NOTEOL -.sp -The PCRE_NOTEOL option is set when calling the underlying PCRE matching -function. -.sp - REG_STARTEND -.sp -The string is considered to start at \fIstring\fP + \fIpmatch[0].rm_so\fP and -to have a terminating NUL located at \fIstring\fP + \fIpmatch[0].rm_eo\fP -(there need not actually be a NUL at that location), regardless of the value of -\fInmatch\fP. This is a BSD extension, compatible with but not specified by -IEEE Standard 1003.2 (POSIX.2), and should be used with caution in software -intended to be portable to other systems. Note that a non-zero \fIrm_so\fP does -not imply REG_NOTBOL; REG_STARTEND affects only the location of the string, not -how it is matched. -.P -If the pattern was compiled with the REG_NOSUB flag, no data about any matched -strings is returned. The \fInmatch\fP and \fIpmatch\fP arguments of -\fBregexec()\fP are ignored. -.P -If the value of \fInmatch\fP is zero, or if the value \fIpmatch\fP is NULL, -no data about any matched strings is returned. -.P -Otherwise,the portion of the string that was matched, and also any captured -substrings, are returned via the \fIpmatch\fP argument, which points to an -array of \fInmatch\fP structures of type \fIregmatch_t\fP, containing the -members \fIrm_so\fP and \fIrm_eo\fP. These contain the offset to the first -character of each substring and the offset to the first character after the end -of each substring, respectively. The 0th element of the vector relates to the -entire portion of \fIstring\fP that was matched; subsequent elements relate to -the capturing subpatterns of the regular expression. Unused entries in the -array have both structure members set to -1. -.P -A successful match yields a zero return; various error codes are defined in the -header file, of which REG_NOMATCH is the "expected" failure code. -. -. -.SH "ERROR MESSAGES" -.rs -.sp -The \fBregerror()\fP function maps a non-zero errorcode from either -\fBregcomp()\fP or \fBregexec()\fP to a printable message. If \fIpreg\fP is not -NULL, the error should have arisen from the use of that structure. A message -terminated by a binary zero is placed in \fIerrbuf\fP. The length of the -message, including the zero, is limited to \fIerrbuf_size\fP. The yield of the -function is the size of buffer needed to hold the whole message. -. -. -.SH MEMORY USAGE -.rs -.sp -Compiling a regular expression causes memory to be allocated and associated -with the \fIpreg\fP structure. The function \fBregfree()\fP frees all such -memory, after which \fIpreg\fP may no longer be used as a compiled expression. -. -. -.SH AUTHOR -.rs -.sp -.nf -Philip Hazel -University Computing Service -Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. -.fi -. -. -.SH REVISION -.rs -.sp -.nf -Last updated: 09 January 2012 -Copyright (c) 1997-2012 University of Cambridge. -.fi |