--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/misc/strtou.c	Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>
+//
+// This program 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.
+//
+// This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+unsigned strtou(const char* ptr, const char** endptr)
+{
+  unsigned uint = 0;
+  if(ptr) {
+    while(*ptr && isspace(*ptr))
+      ++ptr;
+    if(*ptr == '-') {
+      uint = UINT_MAX;
+      ++ptr;
+      while(isdigit(*ptr))
+	++ptr;
+    }
+    else {
+      uint = 0;
+      while(isdigit(*ptr))
+	uint = (uint * 10) + (*ptr++ - '0');
+    }
+  }
+  if(endptr)
+    *endptr = ptr;
+  return uint;
+}