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Subject: Re: fnmatch("\\\\", "\\", 0) == 1 ???
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> This function indicates if STRING matches the PATTERN. ..."
> 
> So DJGPP says that "\" doesn't match "\\" while Linux says it does.
> 
> Well, I say DJGPP is right as the pattern says there should be two
> backslashes and you only provide one.

Except that PATTERN is a regex influenced by FNM_NOESCAPE and
FNM_PATHNAME, and STRING isn't.  So a pattern of "\\" is a single
escaped backslash, whereas a string of "\" is a single backslash.
They should match.