diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.cpp b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
index f91c6352..469c969f 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int stringicmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
     int size1 = s1.length(), size2 = s2.length();
     char c1, c2;
 
-    if (size1 > size2) {
+    if (size1 < size2) {
 	while (it1 != s1.end()) { 
 	    c1 = ::toupper(*it1);
 	    c2 = ::toupper(*it2);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int stringicmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
     } else {
 	while (it2 != s2.end()) { 
 	    c1 = ::toupper(*it1);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int stringicmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
     }
 }
 void stringtolower(string& io)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int stringlowercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
     int size1 = s1.length(), size2 = s2.length();
     char c2;
 
-    if (size1 > size2) {
+    if (size1 < size2) {
 	while (it1 != s1.end()) { 
 	    c2 = ::tolower(*it2);
 	    if (*it1 != c2) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int stringlowercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
     } else {
 	while (it2 != s2.end()) { 
 	    c2 = ::tolower(*it2);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int stringlowercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
     }
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int stringuppercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
     int size1 = s1.length(), size2 = s2.length();
     char c2;
 
-    if (size1 > size2) {
+    if (size1 < size2) {
 	while (it1 != s1.end()) { 
 	    c2 = ::toupper(*it2);
 	    if (*it1 != c2) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int stringuppercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
     } else {
 	while (it2 != s2.end()) { 
 	    c2 = ::toupper(*it2);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int stringuppercmp(const string & s1, const string& s2)
 	    }
 	    ++it1; ++it2;
 	}
-	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : -1;
+	return size1 == size2 ? 0 : 1;
     }
 }
 
@@ -708,73 +708,73 @@ typedef int clockid_t;
 #undef USE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 #endif
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#include "safewindows.h"
-// Note: struct timespec is defined by pthread.h (from pthreads-w32)
-#ifndef CLOCK_REALTIME
-#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
-#endif
-
-LARGE_INTEGER getFILETIMEoffset()
-{
-	SYSTEMTIME s;
-	FILETIME f;
-	LARGE_INTEGER t;
-
-	s.wYear = 1970;
-	s.wMonth = 1;
-	s.wDay = 1;
-	s.wHour = 0;
-	s.wMinute = 0;
-	s.wSecond = 0;
-	s.wMilliseconds = 0;
-	SystemTimeToFileTime(&s, &f);
-	t.QuadPart = f.dwHighDateTime;
-	t.QuadPart <<= 32;
-	t.QuadPart |= f.dwLowDateTime;
-	return (t);
-}
-
-int clock_gettime(int X, struct timespec *tv)
-{
-	LARGE_INTEGER           t;
-	FILETIME            f;
-	double                  microseconds;
-	static LARGE_INTEGER    offset;
-	static double           frequencyToMicroseconds;
-	static int              initialized = 0;
-	static BOOL             usePerformanceCounter = 0;
-
-	if (!initialized) {
-		LARGE_INTEGER performanceFrequency;
-		initialized = 1;
-		usePerformanceCounter = QueryPerformanceFrequency(&performanceFrequency);
-		if (usePerformanceCounter) {
-			QueryPerformanceCounter(&offset);
-			frequencyToMicroseconds = (double)performanceFrequency.QuadPart / 1000000.;
-		}
-		else {
-			offset = getFILETIMEoffset();
-			frequencyToMicroseconds = 10.;
-		}
-	}
-	if (usePerformanceCounter) QueryPerformanceCounter(&t);
-	else {
-		GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&f);
-		t.QuadPart = f.dwHighDateTime;
-		t.QuadPart <<= 32;
-		t.QuadPart |= f.dwLowDateTime;
-	}
-
-	t.QuadPart -= offset.QuadPart;
-	microseconds = (double)t.QuadPart / frequencyToMicroseconds;
-	t.QuadPart = (long long)microseconds;
-	tv->tv_sec = t.QuadPart / 1000000;
-	tv->tv_nsec = (t.QuadPart % 1000000) * 1000;
-	return (0);
-}
-#define USE_CLOCK_GETTIME
-#else /* -> !_WIN32 */
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include "safewindows.h"
+// Note: struct timespec is defined by pthread.h (from pthreads-w32)
+#ifndef CLOCK_REALTIME
+#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
+#endif
+
+LARGE_INTEGER getFILETIMEoffset()
+{
+	SYSTEMTIME s;
+	FILETIME f;
+	LARGE_INTEGER t;
+
+	s.wYear = 1970;
+	s.wMonth = 1;
+	s.wDay = 1;
+	s.wHour = 0;
+	s.wMinute = 0;
+	s.wSecond = 0;
+	s.wMilliseconds = 0;
+	SystemTimeToFileTime(&s, &f);
+	t.QuadPart = f.dwHighDateTime;
+	t.QuadPart <<= 32;
+	t.QuadPart |= f.dwLowDateTime;
+	return (t);
+}
+
+int clock_gettime(int X, struct timespec *tv)
+{
+	LARGE_INTEGER           t;
+	FILETIME            f;
+	double                  microseconds;
+	static LARGE_INTEGER    offset;
+	static double           frequencyToMicroseconds;
+	static int              initialized = 0;
+	static BOOL             usePerformanceCounter = 0;
+
+	if (!initialized) {
+		LARGE_INTEGER performanceFrequency;
+		initialized = 1;
+		usePerformanceCounter = QueryPerformanceFrequency(&performanceFrequency);
+		if (usePerformanceCounter) {
+			QueryPerformanceCounter(&offset);
+			frequencyToMicroseconds = (double)performanceFrequency.QuadPart / 1000000.;
+		}
+		else {
+			offset = getFILETIMEoffset();
+			frequencyToMicroseconds = 10.;
+		}
+	}
+	if (usePerformanceCounter) QueryPerformanceCounter(&t);
+	else {
+		GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&f);
+		t.QuadPart = f.dwHighDateTime;
+		t.QuadPart <<= 32;
+		t.QuadPart |= f.dwLowDateTime;
+	}
+
+	t.QuadPart -= offset.QuadPart;
+	microseconds = (double)t.QuadPart / frequencyToMicroseconds;
+	t.QuadPart = (long long)microseconds;
+	tv->tv_sec = t.QuadPart / 1000000;
+	tv->tv_nsec = (t.QuadPart % 1000000) * 1000;
+	return (0);
+}
+#define USE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+#else /* -> !_WIN32 */
 
 #ifndef USE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 #include <sys/time.h>