.\" Copyright 1999 Andreas Dilger (adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca)
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.TH UUID_COMPARE 3 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
uuid_compare \- compare whether two UUIDs are the same
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <uuid/uuid.h>
.sp
.BI "int uuid_compare(uuid_t " uu1 ", uuid_t " uu2)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B uuid_compare
function compares the two supplied uuid variables
.IR uu1 " and " uu2
to each other.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if 
.I uu1
is found,  respectively, to be lexigraphically less than, equal, or 
greater than 
.IR uu2 .
.SH AUTHOR
.B uuid_compare
was written by Theodore Y. Ts'o for the ext2 filesystem utilties.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B uuid_compare
is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libuuid (3),
.BR uuid_clear (3),
.BR uuid_copy (3),
.BR uuid_generate (3),
.BR uuid_is_null (3)
