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Q: 

Is there and equivalent for Microsoft's UuidCompare, UuidCreate, etc in Linux or POSIX environment?

Is there an equivalent for Microsoft's UuidCompare, UuidCreate, etc in Linux or POSIX environment?

A: 

Take a look at uuidgen.

Todd Stout  2009-08-19 18:13:55
+3  A: 

libuuid is part of the e2fsprogs package.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuid#C

Tim Sylvester  2009-08-19 18:14:07
The real answer is no, but there is one that is close and it's libuuid. The calls are similar but different, so the library is not a drop in if you already are using the windows calls. Example: UuidCompare in MS is equal to uuid_compare in libuuid. -Crazychenz
Crazy Chenz  2009-08-20 12:04:04

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