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0001818Issue 8 draftsSystem Interfacespublic2026-09-28 15:24
Reporteralanc Assigned Tomsbrown  
PrioritynormalSeverityCommentTypeEnhancement Request
Status Under ReviewResolutionOpen 
NameAlan Coopersmith
Organization
User Reference
Sectionstrcasestr
Page NumberN/A
Line NumberN/A
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Summary0001818: Add strcasestr() & strcasestr_l()
Descriptionstrcasestr(), a case insensitive version of strstr(), is a popular extension
implemented on many platforms already. Many of them also offer the strcasestr_l() variant to specify the locale to be used for determining
matching characters.

FreeBSD: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=strcasestr&sektion=3
illumos: https://illumos.org/man/3C/strcasestr
Linux (GNU libc): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/strcasestr.3.html
MacOS: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/System/Conceptual/ManPages_iPhoneOS/man3/strcasestr.3.html
NetBSD: https://man.netbsd.org/strcasestr.3
OpenBSD: https://man.openbsd.org/strcasestr.3
Solaris: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37843/strcasestr-3c.html
Desired ActionAdd strcasestr() & strcasestr_l() to Issue 9
Tagsissue9

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msbrown

2026-09-28 15:24

manager   bugnote:0007515

The Open Group will sponsor this project

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-02-25 17:39 alanc New Issue
2024-02-25 17:39 alanc Name => Alan Coopersmith
2024-02-25 17:39 alanc Section => strcasestr
2024-02-25 17:39 alanc Page Number => N/A
2024-02-25 17:39 alanc Line Number => N/A
2026-09-28 15:22 msbrown Tag Attached: issue9
2026-09-28 15:24 msbrown Assigned To => msbrown
2026-09-28 15:24 msbrown Status New => Under Review
2026-09-28 15:24 msbrown Note Added: 0007515