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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/glob_pattern_p.cc b/winsup/cygwin/glob_pattern_p.cc
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+/* glob_pattern_p.c
+
+   int glob_pattern_p (__const char *__pattern, int __quote)
+
+   Return nonzero if PATTERN contains any metacharacters.
+   Metacharacters can be quoted with backslashes if QUOTE is nonzero.
+
+   This function is not part of the interface specified by POSIX.2
+   but several programs want to use it.  */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern "C" {
+
+int glob_pattern_p (const char *pattern, int quote)
+{
+  const char *quote_chars = "\\?*[]";
+  if (!quote)
+    quote_chars++;
+  while ((pattern = strpbrk (pattern, quote_chars)) != NULL)
+    if (*pattern == '\\')
+      pattern++;
+    else
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+} /* extern "C" */