Date:	Tue, 04 Apr 1995 21:10:22 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject:	Re: <String.h> vs <string.h> vs <_string.h>
To:	steve AT acadcomp DOT sil DOT org
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization:	Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>it's been awhile since i've dipped into C++ with DJGPP, but i did today and
>ran into trouble with "#include <String.h>": gcc is reading <string.h> from
>c:/djgpp/include instead of <_string.h> from c:/djgpp/cplusinc.  if i
>change "#include <String.h>" to "#include <_string.h>", it works fine.
>isn't this supposed to be automatic?  The output from gcc follows:

Nope; if you want automaticity, try `#include <strclass.h>' (although that
_was_ broken in early 1.12 :-( ).  The reason String.h was renamed _string.h
is that the MSDOS FS is case insensitive, so the C preprocessor won't do
the right thing unless you perform such a renaming.

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