uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation
#include <uuid.h>
int uuid_parse(char *in, uuid_t uu);
int uuid_parse_range(char *in_start, char
*in_end, uuid_t uu);
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').
The
uuid_parse_range() function works like
uuid_parse() but parses
only range in string specified by
in_start and
in_end pointers.
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.
This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3
and V5 compatible with
RFC-4122
<
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122>.
Theodore Y. Ts’o
uuid(3),
uuid_clear(3),
uuid_compare(3),
uuid_copy(3),
uuid_generate(3),
uuid_is_null(3),
uuid_time(3),
uuid_unparse(3)
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
<
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
The
libuuid library is part of the util-linux package since version
2.15.1. It can be downloaded from
Linux Kernel Archive
<
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.