'\" t .\" Title: uuid_parse .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] .\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15 .\" Date: 2022-01-06 .\" Manual: Programmer's Manual .\" Source: util-linux 2.37.4 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "UUID_PARSE" "3" "2022-01-06" "util\-linux 2.37.4" "Programmer\(aqs Manual" .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .ss \n[.ss] 0 .nh .ad l .de URL \fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 .. .als MTO URL .if \n[.g] \{\ . mso www.tmac . am URL . ad l . . . am MTO . ad l . . . LINKSTYLE blue R < > .\} .SH "NAME" uuid_parse \- convert an input UUID string into binary representation .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp \fB#include \fP .sp \fBint uuid_parse(char *\fIin\fP, uuid_t \fIuu\fP);\fP .br \fBint uuid_parse_range(char *\fIin_start\fP, char *\fIin_end\fP, uuid_t \fIuu\fP);\fP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp The \fBuuid_parse\fP() function converts the UUID string given by \fIin\fP into the binary representation. The input UUID is a string of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-b9a761bde3fb (in \fBprintf\fP(3) format "%08x\-%04x\-%04x\-%04x\-%012x", 36 bytes plus the trailing \(aq\(rs0\(aq). .sp The \fBuuid_parse_range\fP() function works like \fBuuid_parse\fP() but parses only range in string specified by \fIin_start\fP and \fIin_end\fP pointers. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .sp Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UUID is stored in the location pointed to by \fIuu\fP, otherwise \-1 is returned. .SH "CONFORMING TO" .sp This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and V5 compatible with \c .URL "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122" "RFC\-4122" "." .SH "AUTHORS" .sp Theodore Y. Ts\(cqo .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBuuid\fP(3), \fBuuid_clear\fP(3), \fBuuid_compare\fP(3), \fBuuid_copy\fP(3), \fBuuid_generate\fP(3), \fBuuid_is_null\fP(3), \fBuuid_time\fP(3), \fBuuid_unparse\fP(3) .SH "REPORTING BUGS" .sp For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c .URL "https://github.com/karelzak/util\-linux/issues" "" "." .SH "AVAILABILITY" .sp The \fBlibuuid\fP library is part of the util\-linux package since version 2.15.1. It can be downloaded from \c .URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."