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UUID_COMPARE(3) Programmers ManualUUID_COMPARE(3)uuid_compare - compare whether two UUIDs are the same
#include <uuid.h>int uuid_compare(const uuid_tuu1, const uuid_tuu2)
Theuuid_compare() function compares the two supplied uuid variablesuu1 anduu2 to each other.
Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero ifuu1 is found, respectively, to be lexicographically less than, equal, or greater thanuu2.
Theodore Y. Ts’o
uuid(3),uuid_clear(3),uuid_copy(3),uuid_generate(3),uuid_is_null(3),uuid_parse(3),uuid_unparse(3)
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