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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/path/match.go b/src/pkg/path/match.go
index ba7e4de321..8154bf6025 100644
--- a/src/pkg/path/match.go
+++ b/src/pkg/path/match.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
"unicode/utf8"
)
+// ErrBadPattern indicates a globbing pattern was malformed.
var ErrBadPattern = errors.New("syntax error in pattern")
// Match returns true if name matches the shell file name pattern.
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ var ErrBadPattern = errors.New("syntax error in pattern")
// lo '-' hi matches character c for lo <= c <= hi
//
// Match requires pattern to match all of name, not just a substring.
-// The only possible error return is when pattern is malformed.
+// The only possible returned error is ErrBadPattern, when pattern
+// is malformed.
//
func Match(pattern, name string) (matched bool, err error) {
Pattern: