1UUID_PARSE(3)                     Libuuid API                    UUID_PARSE(3)
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NAME

6       uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <uuid/uuid.h>
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11       int uuid_parse( char *in, uuid_t uu);
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  uuid_parse  function converts the UUID string given by in into the
15       binary representation.   The  input  UUID  is  a  string  of  the  form
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17       "%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x", 36 bytes plus the trailing '\0').
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RETURN VALUE

20       Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UUID
21       is stored in the location pointed to by uu, otherwise -1 is returned.
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CONFORMING TO

24       OSF DCE 1.1
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AUTHOR

27       Theodore Y. Ts'o
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AVAILABILITY

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

34       uuid(3),  uuid_clear(3),  uuid_compare(3),  uuid_copy(3),   uuid_gener‐
35       ate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_time(3), uuid_unparse(3)
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39util-linux-ng                      May 2009                      UUID_PARSE(3)
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