---
name: "XmFileSelectionDoSearch"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmotif"
version: "2.3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XmFileSelectionDoSearch"
---

# XmFileSelectionDoSearch(3)

A FileSelectionBox function that initiates a directory search

## NAME

**XmFileSelectionDoSearch** — A FileSelectionBox function that initiates a directory search

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <Xm/FileSB.h>
void XmFileSelectionDoSearch(
Widget widget,
XmString dirmask);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**XmFileSelectionDoSearch** initiates a directory and file search in a FileSelectionBox widget. For a description of the actions that the FileSelectionBox takes when doing a search, see [**XmFileSelectionBox**(3)](/XmFileSelectionBox/3.md).

- *widget*

  Specifies the FileSelectionBox widget ID.

- *dirmask*

  Specifies the directory mask used in determining the directories and files displayed in the FileSelectionBox lists. This value is used as the *mask* member of the input data **XmFileSelectionBoxCallbackStruct** structure passed to the FileSelectionBox's **XmNqualifySearchDataProc**. The *dir* and *pattern* members of that structure are NULL.

For a complete definition of FileSelectionBox and its associated resources, see [**XmFileSelectionBox**(3)](/XmFileSelectionBox/3.md).

## RELATED

[**XmFileSelectionBox**(3)](/XmFileSelectionBox/3.md).