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= uuid_compare(3)
:doctype: manpage
:man manual: Programmer's Manual
:man source: util-linux {release-version}
:page-layout: base
:lib: libuuid
:firstversion: 2.15.1

== NAME

uuid_compare - compare whether two UUIDs are the same

== SYNOPSIS

*#include <uuid.h>*

*int uuid_compare(const uuid_t __uu1__, const 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 lexicographically less than, equal, or greater than _uu2_.

== AUTHORS

Theodore Y. Ts'o

== SEE ALSO

*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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