uuid_parse(3) - Linux man page
Name
uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation
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 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-ng package since version 2.15.1 and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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)
Referenced By
libuuid(3)
