On 10/2/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > maybe i'm just missing something obvious, but is there any > difference between the above routines defined in lib/string.c? they > both appear to be length-limited, case-insensitive string > comparisons. I think they're the same, too, but both there for historical reasons. It seems strnicmp() was there from the beginning of time, and strncasecmp() came later. It is worth noting that strnicmp() is not described in POSIX or ANSI, however. Vegard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
