UIDPARSE(3)                                                    UIDPARSE(3)



NAME
       uuidparse - convert an input UID string into binary representation

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>

       int uuidparse( char **in,, uuidt uu);;

DESCRIPTION
       The  uuidparse  function converts the UID string given by in into the
       binary representation.   The  input  UID  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').

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successfully parsing the input string, 0 is returned, and the UID
       is stored in the location pointed to by uu, otherwise -1 is returned.

CONFORMING TO
       OSF DCE 1.1

AUTHOR
       Theodore Y. Ts'o

AVAILABILITY
       http:/e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/

SEE ALSO
       uuid(3),   uuidclear(3),  uuidcompare(3),  uuidcopy(3),  uuidgener-
       ate(3), uuidisnull(3), uuidunparse(3)



1.36                              April 2004                     UIDPARSE(3)