uuid_parse (3) Linux Manual Page

uuid_parse – convert an input UUID string into binary representation

Synopsis

#include <uuid.h>

int uuid_parse(char *in, 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 ‘