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.TH UUID_PARSE 3 "May 2009" "util-linux" "Libuuid API"
.SH NAME
uuid_parse \- convert an input UUID string into binary representation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <uuid.h>
.sp
.BI "int uuid_parse(char *" in ", uuid_t " uu );
.sp
.BI "int uuid_parse_range(char *" in_start ", char *" in_end ", uuid_t " uu );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B uuid_parse
function converts the UUID string given by
.I in
into the binary representation.  The input UUID is a string of the form
1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-b9a761bde3fb (in
.BR printf (3)
format "%08x\-%04x\-%04x\-%04x\-%012x", 36 bytes plus the trailing '\e0').
.PP
The
.B uuid_parse_range
function works like
.B uuid_parse
but parses only range in string specified by
.I in_start
and
.I in_end
pointers.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UUID is
stored in the location pointed to by
.IR uu ,
otherwise \-1 is returned.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3
and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
.SH AUTHORS
Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
.SH SEE ALSO
.na
.BR uuid (3),
.BR uuid_clear (3),
.BR uuid_compare (3),
.BR uuid_copy (3),
.BR uuid_generate (3),
.BR uuid_is_null (3),
.BR uuid_time (3),
.BR uuid_unparse (3)
.ad
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B libuuid
is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1 and is available from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.