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.\" Created Wed Mar 10 17:42:12 1999, Andreas Dilger
.TH UUID_UNPARSE 3 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
.SH NAME
-uuid_unparse \- output UUID variable in string format
+uuid_unparse \- convert an UUID from binary representation to a string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <uuid/uuid.h>
.sp
.BI "void uuid_unparse(uuid_t " uu ", char *" out );
+.BI "void uuid_unparse_upper(uuid_t " uu ", char *" out );
+.BI "void uuid_unparse_lower(uuid_t " uu ", char *" out );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B uuid_unparse
function converts the supplied UUID
.I uu
-from the internal binary format into a 36\-byte string (plus tailing '\\0')
-of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-b9a76 and stores this value in the
-character string pointed to by
-.IR out .
+from the binary representation into a 36\-byte string (plus tailing '\\0')
+of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-0016d3cca427 and stores this
+value in the character string pointed to by
+.IR out .
+The case of the hex digits returned by
+.B uuid_unparse
+may be upper or lower case, and is
+dependent on the system-dependent local default.
+.PP
+If the case of the
+hex digits is important then the functions
+.B uuid_unparse_upper
+and
+.B uuid_unparse_lower
+may be used.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
OSF DCE 1.1
.SH AUTHOR
-.B uuid_unparse
-was written by Theodore Y. Ts'o for the ext2 filesystem utilties.
+Theodore Y. Ts'o
.SH AVAILABILITY
-.B uuid_unparse
-is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from
-http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
+.UR http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
+http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
+.UE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR libuuid (3),
+.BR uuid (3),
.BR uuid_clear (3),
+.BR uuid_compare (3),
+.BR uuid_copy (3),
.BR uuid_generate (3),
-.BR uuid_parse (3),
-.BR uuid_time (3)
+.BR uuid_time (3),
+.BR uuid_is_null (3),
+.BR uuid_parse (3)