uuid_parse

UUID_PARSE(3)                                                    UUID_PARSE(3)



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

AUTHOR
       uuid_parse was written by Theodore Y.  Ts'o  for  the  ext2  filesystem
       utilties.

AVAILABILITY
       uuid_parse  is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is avail-
       able from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO
       libuuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3),  uuid_copy(3),  uuid_gener-
       ate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_time(3), uuid_unparse(3)



E2fsprogs version 1.32           November 2002                   UUID_PARSE(3)