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| .TH UUID_PARSE 3 "May 2009" "util-linux" "Libuuid API" |
| .SH NAME |
| uuid_parse \- convert an input UUID string into binary representation |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <uuid.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "int uuid_parse( char *" in ", uuid_t " uu ); |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .B uuid_parse |
| function converts the UUID string given by |
| .I in |
| into the binary representation. The input UUID is a string of the form |
| 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-b9a761bde3fb (in |
| .BR printf (3) |
| format "%08x\-%04x\-%04x\-%04x\-%012x", 36 bytes plus the trailing '\e0'). |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UUID is |
| stored in the location pointed to by |
| .IR uu , |
| otherwise \-1 is returned. |
| .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
| OSF DCE 1.1 |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Theodore Y.\& Ts'o |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| .B libuuid |
| is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1 and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |
| .na |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR uuid (3), |
| .BR uuid_clear (3), |
| .BR uuid_compare (3), |
| .BR uuid_copy (3), |
| .BR uuid_generate (3), |
| .BR uuid_is_null (3), |
| .BR uuid_time (3), |
| .BR uuid_unparse (3) |
| .ad |