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diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi index 7a37e402c1..596b72d4fa 100644 --- a/manual/pattern.texi +++ b/manual/pattern.texi @@ -468,6 +468,21 @@ glob ("~homer/bin/*", GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &result) This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells. @end table +Calling @code{glob} will in most cases allocate resources which are used +to represent the result of the function call. If the same object of +type @code{glob_t} is used in multiple call to @code{glob} the resources +are freed or reused so that no leaks appear. But this does not include +the time when all @code{glob} calls are done. + +@comment glob.h +@comment POSIX.2 +@deftypefun void globfree (glob_t *@var{pglob}) +The @code{globfree} function frees all resources allocated by previous +calls to @code{glob} associated with the object pointed to by +@var{pglob}. This function should be called whenever the currently used +@code{glob_t} typed object isn't used anymore. +@end deftypefun + @node Regular Expressions @section Regular Expression Matching |