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UUID_COMPARE(3)                                                                              UUID_COMPARE(3)



NAME
       uuid_compare - compare whether two UUIDs are the same

SYNOPSIS
       #include <uuid/uuid.h>

       int uuid_compare(uuid_t uu1, uuid_t uu2)

DESCRIPTION
       The uuid_compare function compares the two supplied uuid variables uu1 and uu2 to each other.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns  an  integer  less than, equal to, or greater than zero if uu1 is found,  respectively, to be
       lexigraphically less than, equal, or greater than uu2.

AUTHOR
       Theodore Y. Ts'o

AVAILABILITY
       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/

SEE ALSO
       uuid(3),   uuid_clear(3),    uuid_copy(3),    uuid_generate(3),    uuid_is_null(3),    uuid_parse(3),
       uuid_unparse(3)



1.36                                             April 2004                                  UUID_COMPARE(3)

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