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Linux / Unix Command: uuid_parse
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NAME

uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into the libuuid internal format  

SYNOPSIS

#include <uuid/uuid.h>

int uuid_parse( char *in, uuid_t uu);
 

DESCRIPTION

The uuid_parse function converts the UUID string given by in into the internal uuid_t format. 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  

SEE ALSO

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


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