@node unicase.h @chapter Case mappings @code{} This include file defines functions for case mapping for Unicode strings and case insensitive comparison of Unicode strings and C strings. These string functions fix the problems that were mentioned in @ref{char * strings}, namely, they handle the Croatian @sc{LETTER DZ WITH CARON}, the German @sc{LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S}, the Greek sigma and the Lithuanian i correctly. @menu * Case mappings of characters:: * Case mappings of strings:: * Case mappings of substrings:: * Case insensitive comparison:: * Case detection:: @end menu @node Case mappings of characters @section Case mappings of characters @cindex Unicode character, case mappings The following functions implement case mappings on Unicode characters --- for those cases only where the result of the mapping is a again a single Unicode character. These mappings are locale and context independent. @cartouche @strong{WARNING!} These functions are not sufficient for languages such as German, Greek and Lithuanian. Better use the functions below that treat an entire string at once and are language aware. @end cartouche @deftypefun ucs4_t uc_toupper (ucs4_t @var{uc}) Returns the uppercase mapping of the Unicode character @var{uc}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun ucs4_t uc_tolower (ucs4_t @var{uc}) Returns the lowercase mapping of the Unicode character @var{uc}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun ucs4_t uc_totitle (ucs4_t @var{uc}) Returns the titlecase mapping of the Unicode character @var{uc}. The titlecase mapping of a character is to be used when the character should look like upper case and the following characters are lower cased. For most characters, this is the same as the uppercase mapping. There are only few characters where the title case variant and the uuper case variant are different. These characters occur in the Latin writing of the Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian languages. @c Normally we would use .33 space for each column, but this is too much in @c TeX mode, see @c . @multitable @columnfractions .31 .31 .31 @headitem Lower case @tab Title case @tab Upper case @item LATIN SMALL LETTER LJ @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH SMALL LETTER J @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER LJ @item LATIN SMALL LETTER NJ @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH SMALL LETTER J @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER NJ @item LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SMALL LETTER Z @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DZ @item LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ WITH CARON @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON @tab LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DZ WITH CARON @end multitable @end deftypefun @node Case mappings of strings @section Case mappings of strings @cindex case mappings @cindex uppercasing @cindex lowercasing @cindex titlecasing Case mapping should always be performed on entire strings, not on individual characters. The functions in this sections do so. These functions allow to apply a normalization after the case mapping. The reason is that if you want to treat @samp{@"{a}} and @samp{@"{A}} the same, you most often also want to treat the composed and decomposed forms of such a character, U+00C4 @sc{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS} and U+0041 @sc{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A} U+0308 @sc{COMBINING DIAERESIS} the same. The @var{nf} argument designates the normalization. @cindex locale language These functions are locale dependent. The @var{iso639_language} argument identifies the language (e.g@. @code{"tr"} for Turkish). NULL means to use locale independent case mappings. @deftypefun {const char *} uc_locale_language () Returns the ISO 639 language code of the current locale. Returns @code{""} if it is unknown, or in the "C" locale. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_toupper (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_toupper (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_toupper (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the uppercase mapping of a string. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_tolower (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_tolower (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_tolower (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the lowercase mapping of a string. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_totitle (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_totitle (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_totitle (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the titlecase mapping of a string. Mapping to title case means that, in each word, the first cased character is being mapped to title case and the remaining characters of the word are being mapped to lower case. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @node Case mappings of substrings @section Case mappings of substrings Case mapping of a substring cannot simply be performed by extracting the substring and then applying the case mapping function to it. This does not work because case mapping requires some information about the surrounding characters. The following functions allow to apply case mappings to substrings of a given string, while taking into account the characters that precede it (the ``prefix'') and the characters that follow it (the ``suffix''). @deftp Type casing_prefix_context_t This data type denotes the case-mapping context that is given by a prefix string. It is an immediate type that can be copied by simple assignment, without involving memory allocation. It is not an array type. @end deftp @deftypevr Constant casing_prefix_context_t unicase_empty_prefix_context This constant is the case-mapping context that corresponds to an empty prefix string. @end deftypevr The following functions return @code{casing_prefix_context_t} objects: @deftypefun casing_prefix_context_t u8_casing_prefix_context (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) @deftypefunx casing_prefix_context_t u16_casing_prefix_context (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) @deftypefunx casing_prefix_context_t u32_casing_prefix_context (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) Returns the case-mapping context of a given prefix string. @end deftypefun @deftypefun casing_prefix_context_t u8_casing_prefixes_context (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{a_context}) @deftypefunx casing_prefix_context_t u16_casing_prefixes_context (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{a_context}) @deftypefunx casing_prefix_context_t u32_casing_prefixes_context (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{a_context}) Returns the case-mapping context of the prefix concat(@var{a}, @var{s}), given the case-mapping context of the prefix @var{a}. @end deftypefun @deftp Type casing_suffix_context_t This data type denotes the case-mapping context that is given by a suffix string. It is an immediate type that can be copied by simple assignment, without involving memory allocation. It is not an array type. @end deftp @deftypevr Constant casing_suffix_context_t unicase_empty_suffix_context This constant is the case-mapping context that corresponds to an empty suffix string. @end deftypevr The following functions return @code{casing_suffix_context_t} objects: @deftypefun casing_suffix_context_t u8_casing_suffix_context (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) @deftypefunx casing_suffix_context_t u16_casing_suffix_context (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) @deftypefunx casing_suffix_context_t u32_casing_suffix_context (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}) Returns the case-mapping context of a given suffix string. @end deftypefun @deftypefun casing_suffix_context_t u8_casing_suffixes_context (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{a_context}) @deftypefunx casing_suffix_context_t u16_casing_suffixes_context (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{a_context}) @deftypefunx casing_suffix_context_t u32_casing_suffixes_context (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{a_context}) Returns the case-mapping context of the suffix concat(@var{s}, @var{a}), given the case-mapping context of the suffix @var{a}. @end deftypefun The following functions perform a case mapping, considering the prefix context and the suffix context. @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_ct_toupper (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_ct_toupper (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_ct_toupper (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the uppercase mapping of a string that is surrounded by a prefix and a suffix. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_ct_tolower (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_ct_tolower (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_ct_tolower (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the lowercase mapping of a string that is surrounded by a prefix and a suffix. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_ct_totitle (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_ct_totitle (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_ct_totitle (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the titlecase mapping of a string that is surrounded by a prefix and a suffix. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun For example, to uppercase the UTF-8 substring between @code{s + start_index} and @code{s + end_index} of a string that extends from @code{s} to @code{s + u8_strlen (s)}, you can use the statements @smallexample size_t result_length; uint8_t result = u8_ct_toupper (s + start_index, end_index - start_index, u8_casing_prefix_context (s, start_index), u8_casing_suffix_context (s + end_index, u8_strlen (s) - end_index), iso639_language, NULL, NULL, &result_length); @end smallexample @node Case insensitive comparison @section Case insensitive comparison @cindex comparing, ignoring case @cindex comparing, ignoring normalization and case The following functions implement comparison that ignores differences in case and normalization. @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_casefold (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_casefold (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_casefold (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the case folded string. Comparing @code{u8_casefold (@var{s1})} and @code{u8_casefold (@var{s2})} with the @code{u8_cmp2} function is equivalent to comparing @var{s1} and @var{s2} with @code{u8_casecmp}. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun {uint8_t *} u8_ct_casefold (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint8_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint16_t *} u16_ct_casefold (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint16_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {uint32_t *} u32_ct_casefold (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, casing_prefix_context_t @var{prefix_context}, casing_suffix_context_t @var{suffix_context}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, uint32_t *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Returns the case folded string. The case folding takes into account the case mapping contexts of the prefix and suffix strings. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun int u8_casecmp (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_casecmp (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_casecmp (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int ulc_casecmp (const char *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2}, ignoring differences in case and normalization. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. If successful, sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to -1 if @var{s1} < @var{s2}, 0 if @var{s1} = @var{s2}, 1 if @var{s1} > @var{s2}, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun @cindex comparing, ignoring case, with collation rules @cindex comparing, with collation rules, ignoring case @cindex comparing, ignoring normalization and case, with collation rules @cindex comparing, with collation rules, ignoring normalization and case The following functions additionally take into account the sorting rules of the current locale. @deftypefun {char *} u8_casexfrm (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, char *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {char *} u16_casexfrm (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, char *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {char *} u32_casexfrm (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, char *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) @deftypefunx {char *} ulc_casexfrm (const char *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, char *@var{resultbuf}, size_t *@var{lengthp}) Converts the string @var{s} of length @var{n} to a NUL-terminated byte sequence, in such a way that comparing @code{u8_casexfrm (@var{s1})} and @code{u8_casexfrm (@var{s2})} with the gnulib function @code{memcmp2} is equivalent to comparing @var{s1} and @var{s2} with @code{u8_casecoll}. @var{nf} must be either @code{UNINORM_NFC}, @code{UNINORM_NFKC}, or NULL for no normalization. The @var{resultbuf} and @var{lengthp} arguments are as described in chapter @ref{Conventions}. @end deftypefun @deftypefun int u8_casecoll (const uint8_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint8_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_casecoll (const uint16_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint16_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_casecoll (const uint32_t *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const uint32_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int ulc_casecoll (const char *@var{s1}, size_t @var{n1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n2}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, uninorm_t @var{nf}, int *@var{resultp}) Compares @var{s1} and @var{s2}, ignoring differences in case and normalization, using the collation rules of the current locale. The @var{nf} argument identifies the normalization form to apply after the case-mapping. It must be either @code{UNINORM_NFC} or @code{UNINORM_NFKC}. It can also be NULL, for no normalization. If successful, sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to -1 if @var{s1} < @var{s2}, 0 if @var{s1} = @var{s2}, 1 if @var{s1} > @var{s2}, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun @node Case detection @section Case detection @cindex case detection @cindex detecting case The following functions determine whether a Unicode string is entirely in upper case. or entirely in lower case, or entirely in title case, or already case-folded. @deftypefun int u8_is_uppercase (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_is_uppercase (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_is_uppercase (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) Sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to true if mapping NFD(@var{s}) to upper case is a no-op, or to false otherwise, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun @deftypefun int u8_is_lowercase (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_is_lowercase (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_is_lowercase (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) Sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to true if mapping NFD(@var{s}) to lower case is a no-op, or to false otherwise, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun @deftypefun int u8_is_titlecase (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_is_titlecase (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_is_titlecase (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) Sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to true if mapping NFD(@var{s}) to title case is a no-op, or to false otherwise, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun @deftypefun int u8_is_casefolded (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_is_casefolded (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_is_casefolded (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) Sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to true if applying case folding to NFD(@var{S}) is a no-op, or to false otherwise, and returns 0. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun The following functions determine whether case mappings have any effect on a Unicode string. @deftypefun int u8_is_cased (const uint8_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u16_is_cased (const uint16_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) @deftypefunx int u32_is_cased (const uint32_t *@var{s}, size_t @var{n}, const char *@var{iso639_language}, bool *@var{resultp}) Sets @code{*@var{resultp}} to true if case matters for @var{s}, that is, if mapping NFD(@var{s}) to either upper case or lower case or title case is not a no-op. Set @code{*@var{resultp}} to false if NFD(@var{s}) maps to itself under the upper case mapping, under the lower case mapping, and under the title case mapping; in other words, when NFD(@var{s}) consists entirely of caseless characters. Upon failure, returns -1 with @code{errno} set. @end deftypefun