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+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#define TOLOWER(Ch) (isupper (Ch) ? tolower (Ch) : (Ch))
+
+/* 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;
+}