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diff --git a/libiberty/functions.texi b/libiberty/functions.texi index f6d0a23f1e6..c9df186be0f 100644 --- a/libiberty/functions.texi +++ b/libiberty/functions.texi @@ -296,6 +296,24 @@ and backward slashes are equal. @end deftypefn +@c filename_cmp.c:81 +@deftypefn Extension int filename_ncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) + +Return zero if the two file names @var{s1} and @var{s2} are equivalent +in range @var{n}. +If not equivalent, the returned value is similar to what @code{strncmp} +would return. In other words, it returns a negative value if @var{s1} +is less than @var{s2}, or a positive value if @var{s2} is greater than +@var{s2}. + +This function does not normalize file names. As a result, this function +will treat filenames that are spelled differently as different even in +the case when the two filenames point to the same underlying file. +However, it does handle the fact that on DOS-like file systems, forward +and backward slashes are equal. + +@end deftypefn + @c fnmatch.txh:1 @deftypefn Replacement int fnmatch (const char *@var{pattern}, @ const char *@var{string}, int @var{flags}) |