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os.matchfiles

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​