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 available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
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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