glfs/general/genlib/pcre/pcre-intro.xml

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<title>Introduction to pcre</title>

<para>The <application>pcre</application> package contains
<application>perl</application> compatible regular expression
libraries. These are useful for implementing regular expression pattern
matching using the same syntax and semantics as <application>Perl
5</application>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&pcre-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&pcre-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &pcre-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&pcre-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&pcre-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>