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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

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

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)