Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd,net.unix-wizards Subject: iscntrl behavior does not agree with the documentation Message-ID: <1091@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 15:16:22 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.1091 Posted: Tue Sep 10 15:16:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Sep-85 08:25:59 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 11 Xref: watmath net.bugs.4bsd:1748 net.unix-wizards:14786 Index: lib/libc/gen/ctype_.c Description: The man page says that iscntrl() returns true for characters less than 040. It doesn't for ^I, ^J, ^K, ^L, ^M. Repeat-By: Look at the file... Fix: Change the _S to _S|_C for those entries. *Don't* simply change the man page; it agrees with the documentation and behavior of System V and 8th Edition.