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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