sammeligning af char array

Nedenstående printer fint ud af Cmd=PRIVMSG
men if delen retuner åbenbart ikke true, why ?

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char* p =  new char[reply.length()+1];
reply.copy(p, string::npos);
p[reply.length()]=0;

    sscanf(p, "%s %s %s %s", Host, Cmd, Chan, Text);

    cout << "H-" << Host << "- C-" << Cmd << "- CH-" << Chan << "- T-" << Text << "-\n";


        if(strncmp(Cmd, "PRIVMSG" 7)!=0){
//      if(Cmd == "PRIVMSG"){
      cout << "privmsg if ok  -  ";