uuid_copy(3)

uuid_copy3

Copy a uuid value

Usage

#include <uuid.h>

void uuid_copy(uuid_t dst, const uuid_t src);

Overview

The uuid_copy() function copies the UUID variable src to dst.

Return value

The copied UUID is returned in the location pointed to by dst.

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8–9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

Authors

Theodore Y. Ts’o

Reporting bugs

For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

Availability

The libuuid library is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1. It can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

From util-linux-libs 2.42.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.