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+/* Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNCASECMP
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* Compare no more than N characters of S1 and S2,
+   ignoring case, returning less than, equal to or
+   greater than zero if S1 is lexicographically less
+   than, equal to or greater than S2.  */
+int
+strncasecmp (const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
+{
+  register const unsigned char *p1 = (const unsigned char *) s1;
+  register const unsigned char *p2 = (const unsigned char *) s2;
+  unsigned char c1, c2;
+
+  if (p1 == p2 || n == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  do
+    {
+      c1 = tolower (*p1++);
+      c2 = tolower (*p2++);
+      if (c1 == '\0' || c1 != c2)
+	return c1 - c2;
+    } while (--n > 0);
+
+  return c1 - c2;
+}
+
+#endif