2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/common.c b/src/utils/common.c
index 9856463..68413b2 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.c
+++ b/src/utils/common.c
@@ -1194,3 +1194,9 @@ int ssid_parse(const char *buf, struct wpa_ssid_value *ssid)
 
 	return ssid->ssid_len ? 0 : -1;
 }
+
+
+int str_starts(const char *str, const char *start)
+{
+	return os_strncmp(str, start, os_strlen(start)) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/common.h b/src/utils/common.h
index 197e4d1..7785677 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.h
+++ b/src/utils/common.h
@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@ size_t utf8_unescape(const char *inp, size_t in_size,
 		     char *outp, size_t out_size);
 int is_ctrl_char(char c);
 
+int str_starts(const char *str, const char *start);
+
 
 /*
  * gcc 4.4 ends up generating strict-aliasing warnings about some very common