The os.matchdirs function performs a wildcard match to locate one or more directories.

matches = os.matchfiles("pattern")

Parameters

patterm 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.

Example

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