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UUID_PARSE(3)		      Programmers Manual		 UUID_PARSE(3)

NAME
       uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into binary representation

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<uuid.h>

       int uuid_parse(const char *in, uuid_t uu);
       int uuid_parse_range(const char *in_start, const	char *in_end, 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').

       The uuid_parse_range() function works like uuid_parse() but parses only
       range in	string specified by in_start and in_end	pointers.

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
       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>.

AUTHORS
       Theodore	Y. Ts'o

SEE ALSO
       uuid(3),	uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3),	uuid_copy(3),
       uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_time(3),	uuid_unparse(3)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports,	use the	issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY
       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/>.

util-linux 2.41.1		  2025-06-24			 UUID_PARSE(3)

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