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.\"     Title: uuid_compare
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
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.\"      Date: 2022-01-06
.\"    Manual: Programmer's Manual
.\"    Source: util-linux 2.38
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "UUID_COMPARE" "3" "2022-01-06" "util\-linux 2.38" "Programmer\(aqs Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
uuid_compare \- compare whether two UUIDs are the same
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fB#include <uuid.h>\fP
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\fBint uuid_compare(uuid_t \fIuu1\fP, uuid_t \fIuu2\fP)\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fBuuid_compare\fP() function compares the two supplied uuid variables \fIuu1\fP and \fIuu2\fP to each other.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if \fIuu1\fP is found, respectively, to be lexicographically less than, equal, or greater than \fIuu2\fP.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Theodore Y. Ts\(cqo
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBuuid\fP(3),
\fBuuid_clear\fP(3),
\fBuuid_copy\fP(3),
\fBuuid_generate\fP(3),
\fBuuid_is_null\fP(3),
\fBuuid_parse\fP(3),
\fBuuid_unparse\fP(3)
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBlibuuid\fP library is part of the util\-linux package since version 2.15.1. It can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."