Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!rpi!uupsi!ccavax!merriman From: merriman@ccavax.camb.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Why is tolower behave different??? Message-ID: <29069.26ab3d4f@ccavax.camb.com> Date: 23 Jul 90 22:09:19 GMT References: <2841@elrond.CalComp.COM> Distribution: na Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Lines: 12 In article <2841@elrond.CalComp.COM>, shodsdon@elrond.CalComp.COM (Steve V. Hodsdon) writes: > I just finished porting a software package that ran on a VAX 11/780 > to a Sun SPARCserver. One of the programs would not run. (Could not find > the filename specified.). The program was looking for a certain extension, > but could not find it. > > Finally, it dawned on me that the function call tolower was to blame. > On the VAX, the call did nothing if the char was already lowercase, while > the Sun converted it anyway. Converted it to what?