From: steven AT cs DOT uu DOT nl (Steven van Dijk)
Subject: B19, EGCS 1.1: Strcasecmp uses uppercase?
27 Nov 1998 10:21:21 -0800
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Hi,

Compiling the following on my system and on an Unix system gives different
results:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

main()
{
        char * s1 = "String";
        char * s2 = "S_";

        printf("Comparing s1 with s2 returns: %d\n", strcasecmp(s1,s2));
}

On my system (using b19, no patches and EGCS 1.1) I get:
Comparing s1 with s2 returns: -11

and on the Unix system I get:
Comparing s1 with s2 returns: 21


The program I am porting expects "_" to be smaller than "t" and therefore
crashes. The implementation of strcasecmp EGCS 1.1 gives maps all alpha's
to their uppercase code. I have not found a reference to this issue in the
archives or the FAQ (or I overlooked it) so I am asking here: is this
correct? And how can I cope with this?

Please send a copy of your reply to me directly (steven AT cs DOT uu DOT nl) since I
am not subscribed.


While I am at it, is there anyone who knows how I can cope with the absence
of an implementation of mkfifo in the Cygwin lib? 


								Dag,
								Steven
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