uuid_parse(3) uuid_parse(3)
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
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
SEE ALSO
uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_gener-
ate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_unparse(3)
1.36 April 2004 uuid_parse(3)
Mac OS X 10.8 - Generated Fri Aug 31 18:31:37 CDT 2012