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<H1>UUID_PARSE</H1>
Section: Libuuid API (3)<BR>Updated: May 2009<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/uuid.h">uuid.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int uuid_parse( char *</B><I>in</I><B>, uuid_t </B><I>uu</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>uuid_parse</B>
function converts the UUID string given by
<I>in</I>
into the binary representation. The input UUID is a string of the form
1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3fb (in
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+printf">printf</A></B>(3)
format &quot;%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x&quot;, 36 bytes plus the trailing '\0').
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UUID is
stored in the location pointed to by
<I>uu</I>,
otherwise -1 is returned.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3
and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Theodore Y. Ts'o
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<H2>AVAILABILITY</H2>
<B>libuuid</B>
is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1 and is available from
<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.">https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.</A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid">uuid</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_clear">uuid_clear</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_compare">uuid_compare</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_copy">uuid_copy</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_generate">uuid_generate</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_is_null">uuid_is_null</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_time">uuid_time</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+uuid_unparse">uuid_unparse</A></B>(3)
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">AVAILABILITY</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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