NAME

uuid_from_string- converts the string representation of a UUID to the binary representation

SYNOPSIS

#include <dce/uuid.h>

void uuid_from_string(
	unsigned_char_t *string_uuid,
	uuid_t *uuid,
	unsigned32 *status);

PARAMETERS

Input

string_uuid

A string UUID. (For information about string UUIDs, see RPC Data Types .)

Output

uuid

Returns the UUID specified by the string_uuid argument.

status

Returns the status code from this routine. The status code indicates whether the routine completed successfully, or if not, why not.

Possible status codes and their meanings include:

uuid_s_ok

Success.

DESCRIPTION

An application calls the uuid_from_string() routine to convert the string representation of a UUID, string_uuid, to its equivalent binary representation.

RETURN VALUE

None.

SEE ALSO

uuid_to_string().

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