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/>.