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NAME

       uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation

SYNOPSIS

       #include <uuid.h>

       int uuid_parse( char *in, uuid_t uu);

DESCRIPTION

       The   uuid_parse   function  converts  the  UUID  string  given  by  in  into  the  binary
       representation.     The     input     UUID     is     a     string     of     the     form
       1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3fb  (in printf(3) format "%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x", 36
       bytes plus the trailing '\0').

RETURN VALUE

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

CONFORMING TO

       OSF DCE 1.1

AUTHOR

       Theodore Y. Ts'o

AVAILABILITY

       libuuid  is  part  of  the  util-linux  package since version 2.15.1 and is available from
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

SEE ALSO

       uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3),
       uuid_time(3), uuid_unparse(3)