#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

char *_strlwr(char *str)
{
   char *s = strdup(str);
   char *ptr = s;

   while(*ptr) {
      *ptr = tolower(*ptr);
      ptr++;
   }

   return s;
}

int _stricmp(char *s1, char *s2)
{
   char *tmp = s1, *tmp2 = s2;

   while(*tmp && tolower(*tmp) == tolower(*tmp2)) { tmp++; tmp2++; }
   if(!*tmp && !*tmp2) return 0;
   if(*tmp > *tmp2) return 1;
   if(*tmp < *tmp2) return -1; 

   return 0; /* i don't think so... */
}