--- a/libidav/utils.h	Thu Mar 28 11:54:27 2019 +0100
+++ b/libidav/utils.h	Thu Mar 28 14:18:54 2019 +0100
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
 char* util_get_url(DavSession *sn, const char *href);
 void util_set_url(DavSession *sn, const char *href);
 
+/*
+ * returns true if path1 and path2 are equal or if path2 is a child of path1
+ */
+int util_path_isrelated(const char *path1, const char *path2);
+
 void util_capture_header(CURL *handle, UcxMap* map);
 
 char* util_path_to_url(DavSession *sn, char *path);