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diff --git a/man3p/strcasecmp.3p b/man3p/strcasecmp.3p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1f9514e5d --- /dev/null +++ b/man3p/strcasecmp.3p @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "STRCASECMP" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" strcasecmp +.SH NAME +strcasecmp, strncasecmp \- case-insensitive string comparisons +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <strings.h> +.br +.sp +int strcasecmp(const char *\fP\fIs1\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fIs2\fP\fB); +.br +int strncasecmp(const char *\fP\fIs1\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fIs2\fP\fB, +size_t\fP \fIn\fP\fB); \fP +\fB +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIstrcasecmp\fP() function shall compare, while ignoring differences +in case, the string pointed to by \fIs1\fP to the +string pointed to by \fIs2\fP. The \fIstrncasecmp\fP() function shall +compare, while ignoring differences in case, not more than +\fIn\fP bytes from the string pointed to by \fIs1\fP to the string +pointed to by \fIs2\fP. +.LP +In the POSIX locale, \fIstrcasecmp\fP() and \fIstrncasecmp\fP() shall +behave as if the strings had been converted to lowercase +and then a byte comparison performed. The results are unspecified +in other locales. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon completion, \fIstrcasecmp\fP() shall return an integer greater +than, equal to, or less than 0, if the string pointed to by +\fIs1\fP is, ignoring case, greater than, equal to, or less than the +string pointed to by \fIs2\fP, respectively. +.LP +Upon successful completion, \fIstrncasecmp\fP() shall return an integer +greater than, equal to, or less than 0, if the possibly +null-terminated array pointed to by \fIs1\fP is, ignoring case, greater +than, equal to, or less than the possibly null-terminated +array pointed to by \fIs2\fP, respectively. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +No errors are defined. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +The Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<strings.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |