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-.TH WCSCASECMP 3 2010-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCSCASECMP 3 2014-01-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
wcscasecmp \- compare two wide-character strings, ignoring case
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR strcasecmp (3)
function.
It compares the wide-character string pointed to
-by \fIs1\fP and the wide-character string pointed to by \fIs2\fP, ignoring
+by
+.I s1
+and the wide-character string pointed to by
+.IR s2 ,
+ignoring
case differences
.RB ( towupper (3),
.BR towlower (3)).
The
.BR wcscasecmp ()
function returns zero if the wide-character strings at
-\fIs1\fP and \fIs2\fP are equal except for case distinctions.
+.I s1
+and
+.I s2
+are equal except for case distinctions.
It returns a
-positive integer if \fIs1\fP is greater than \fIs2\fP, ignoring case.
+positive integer if
+.I s1
+is greater than
+.IR s2 ,
+ignoring case.
It
-returns a negative integer if \fIs1\fP is smaller
-than \fIs2\fP, ignoring case.
+returns a negative integer if
+.I s1
+is smaller
+than
+.IR s2 ,
+ignoring case.
.SH VERSIONS
The
.BR wcscasecmp ()
function is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR wcscasecmp ()
+function is thread-safe with exceptions.
+It can be safely used in multithreaded applications, as long as
+.BR setlocale (3)
+is not called to change the locale during its execution.
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2008.
This function is not specified in POSIX.1-2001,
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR strcasecmp (3),
.BR wcscmp (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.