1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 332c73587..f23f8c1fa 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -268,3 +268,13 @@ void xpthread_cond_destroy(pthread_cond_t *cond)
 	if ((err = pthread_cond_destroy(cond)))
 		FATAL("failed to destroy cond: %s\n", strerror(err));
 }
+
+int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+	for (; ; str++, prefix++)
+		if (!*prefix)
+			return 0;
+		else if (*str != *prefix)
+			return (unsigned char)*prefix - (unsigned char)*str;
+}
+