Name

uuid_is_null — compare the value of the UUID to the NULL value

Synopsis

#include <uuid/uuid.h>
int uuid_is_null( uuid_t uu);
 

DESCRIPTION

The uuid_is_null function compares the value of the supplied UUID variable uu to the NULL value. If the value is equal to the NULL UUID, 1 is returned, otherwise 0 is returned.

AUTHOR

Theodore Y. Ts'o

AVAILABILITY

libuuid is part of the util-linux-ng package since version 2.15.1 and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.

SEE ALSO

uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_time(3), uuid_parse(3), uuid_unparse(3)


  Copyright 1999 Andreas Dilger (adilgerenel.ucalgary.ca)

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Created  Wed Mar 10 17:42:12 1999, Andreas Dilger