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.h>
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11       int uuid_parse(char *in, uuid_t uu);
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13       int uuid_parse_range(char *in_start, char *in_end, uuid_t uu);
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  uuid_parse  function converts the UUID string given by in into the
17       binary representation.   The  input  UUID  is  a  string  of  the  form
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21       The uuid_parse_range function works like  uuid_parse  but  parses  only
22       range in string specified by in_start and in_end pointers.
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RETURN VALUE

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

29       This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and  hash  based
30       UUIDs V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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AUTHORS

33       Theodore Y. Ts'o
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SEE ALSO

36       uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_gener‐
37       ate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_time(3), uuid_unparse(3)
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AVAILABILITY

40       libuuid is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1  and  is
41       available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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45util-linux                         May 2009                      UUID_PARSE(3)
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