diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 2ecabe8..e8b161f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
-Version 1.77  2025-02-03
+Version 1.77  2025-03-18
   * impl. shorten_path for /./ and /../
+  * add function fc_compare_int64_ptr
 
 Version 1.76  2025-01-27
   * get_mounted_filesystems act as program df
diff --git a/src/shared_func.c b/src/shared_func.c
index 6d63fc3..557094b 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.c
+++ b/src/shared_func.c
@@ -4362,3 +4362,8 @@ int fc_itoa(int64_t n, char *buff)
     }
     return (start - buff) + len;
 }
+
+int fc_compare_int64_ptr(const int64_t *n1, const int64_t *n2)
+{
+    return fc_compare_int64(*n1, *n2);
+}
diff --git a/src/shared_func.h b/src/shared_func.h
index 73f51ef..27f0fa5 100644
--- a/src/shared_func.h
+++ b/src/shared_func.h
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ int set_run_by(const char *group_name, const char *username);
 */
 int cmp_by_ip_addr_t(const void *p1, const void *p2);
 
+int fc_compare_int64_ptr(const int64_t *n1, const int64_t *n2);
+
 /** parse bytes
  *  parameters:
  *  	pStr: the string to parse