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UUID_COPY(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      UUID_COPY(3)

NAME
uuid_copy - copy a UUID value SYNOPSIS
#include <uuid/uuid.h> void uuid_copy(uuid_t dst, uuid_t src); DESCRIPTION
The uuid_copy function copies the UUID variable src to dst. RETURN VALUE
The copied UUID is returned in the location pointed to by dst. AUTHOR
uuid_copy was written by Theodore Y. Ts'o for the ext2 filesystem utilties. AVAILABILITY
uuid_copy is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. SEE ALSO
libuuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3) E2fsprogs version 1.32 November 2002 UUID_COPY(3)

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UUID_PARSE(3)						     Library Functions Manual						     UUID_PARSE(3)

NAME
uuid_parse - convert an input UUID string into the libuuid internal format SYNOPSIS
#include <uuid/uuid.h> int uuid_parse( char *in, uuid_t uu); DESCRIPTION
The uuid_parse function converts the UUID string given by in into the internal uuid_t format. 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 ''). 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
OSF DCE 1.1 AUTHOR
uuid_parse was written by Theodore Y. Ts'o for the ext2 filesystem utilties. AVAILABILITY
uuid_parse is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. SEE ALSO
libuuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_compare(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_time(3), uuid_unparse(3) E2fsprogs version 1.32 November 2002 UUID_PARSE(3)
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