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Load into `result` all filesystem paths matching `pattern`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
int
findMatchingPaths(
    std::vector<std::string>* result,
    char const* pattern);
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== Description

Same as the overload taking `bsl::vector<bsl::string> *`.

== Return Value

the number of paths matched on success, and a negative value otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *result*
| receives the matching path names
| *pattern*
| glob‐style pattern to match
|===


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