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From: lm@fubar (Larry McVoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Undocumented SunOS libc function stricmp
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Date: 14 Nov 1994 22:18:36 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA
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Get your hands on a 4.4-lite CDROM and look in
4.4lite/usr/src/lib/libc/string/strcasecmp.{c,3}

That's basically the same source.  The SunOS one came from BSD.

Duncan Mackinder (duncanm@ingres.com) wrote:
: I have some code from a customer which worked on SunOS but wont build on Solaris
:  due to undefined symbol stricmp.  stricmp exists in the SunOS libc.a but I can'
: t find any documentation on it.  The consultant who wrote the code has long sinc
: e gone so I have no idea what the function should do or what the Solaris equival
: ent may be.  Does anyone have any info on this function.

: Duncan Mackinder
: CA-INGRES UK Technical Support

: #include <standard disclaimer>

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Larry McVoy			(415) 390-1804			 lm@sgi.com