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Programming Release Notes
6.5 Compaq C Run-Time Library
6.5.5 Case Preservation Supported in File Names (Alpha Only)
V7.3
The Compaq C RTL is enhanced to support case preservation in file names
for an ODS-5 device. This feature must be explicitly enabled by the user. See
the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features and Documentation Overview for more
details.
6.5.6 Exact Case argv Arguments Supported (Alpha Only)
V7.3
The Compaq C RTL is enhanced to preserve the case of the arguments specified
on the command line ( argv arguments). This feature must be explicitly enabled
by the user. See the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features and Documentation
Overview for more details.
6.5.7 Opening Files for Shared Access
V7.3
The Compaq C RTL is enhanced to open all files for shared access as if the
"shr=del,get,put,upd" option was specified in the
open* or creat call. This feature
must be explicitly enabled by the user. See the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New
Features and Documentation Overview for more details.
6.5.8 Alternate Way to Translate UNIX File Specifications
V7.3
The Compaq C RTL is enhanced to allow the interpretation of the leading part of
a UNIX style file specification as either a subdirectory name or a device name.
If a certain feature-test logical name is set, the Compaq C RTL translates a
foo/bar UNIX style name to the [.foo]bar OpenVMS style name and not to the
foo:bar name, which was the only translation in previous versions of OpenVMS.
See the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features and Documentation Overview for
more details.
6.5.9 Internationalization Support
V7.3
The name of the save set for the I18N (internationalization) kit for OpenVMS
Version 7.3 is VMSI18N073. To install this save set, follow the standard
OpenVMS installation procedures, using the save set name as the name of
the kit. See OpenVMS Version 7.3 Software Developer Toolkit CD–ROM Guide for
the location and name of the save set.
6.5.10 New Functions
V7.3
The Compaq C RTL has added the following functions in OpenVMS Version 7.3:
fchown hsearch_r
hcreate link
hcreate_r utime
hdestroy utimes
hdestroy_r writev
hsearch
Programming Release Notes 6–5