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1 | .\" Copyright 1999 Andreas Dilger (adilger@enel.ucalgary.ca) |
2 | .\" | |
3 | .\" This man page was created for libuuid.so.1.1 from e2fsprogs-1.14. | |
4 | .\" | |
5 | .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. | |
6 | .\" | |
7 | .\" Created Wed Mar 10 17:42:12 1999, Andreas Dilger | |
b19d1a95 | 8 | .TH UUIDGEN 1 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@" |
5d45d803 | 9 | .SH NAME |
b19d1a95 | 10 | uuidgen \- command\-line utility to create a new UUID value |
5d45d803 | 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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12 | .B uuidgen |
13 | [ | |
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14 | .B \-r |
15 | | | |
16 | .B \-t | |
5dbb072e | 17 | ] |
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18 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
19 | The | |
20 | .B uuidgen | |
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21 | program creates (and prints) |
22 | a new universally unique identifier (UUID) using the | |
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23 | .BR libuuid (3) |
24 | library. The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among | |
25 | all UUIDs created on the local system, | |
26 | and among UUIDs created on other systems in the past | |
5d45d803 | 27 | and in the future. |
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28 | .PP |
29 | There are two types of UUID's which | |
30 | .B uuidgen | |
31 | can generate: time-based UUID's and random-based UUID's. By | |
32 | default | |
33 | .B uuidgen | |
caf8ce4c | 34 | will generate a random-based UUID if a high-quality random number |
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35 | generator is present. Otherwise, it will chose a time-based UUID. It |
36 | is possible to force the generation of one of these two | |
37 | UUID types by using the | |
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38 | .B \-r |
39 | or | |
40 | .B \-t | |
41 | options. | |
42 | .SH OPTIONS | |
5dbb072e | 43 | .TP |
caf8ce4c | 44 | .B \-r |
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45 | Generate a random-based UUID. This method creates a UUID consisting mostly |
46 | of random bits. It requires that the operating system have a high | |
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47 | quality random number generator, such as |
48 | .IR /dev/random . | |
5dbb072e | 49 | .TP |
caf8ce4c | 50 | .B \-t |
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51 | Generate a time-based UUID. This method creates a UUID based on the system |
52 | clock plus the system's ethernet hardware address, if present. | |
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53 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
54 | OSF DCE 1.1 | |
55 | .SH AUTHOR | |
56 | .B uuidgen | |
57 | was written by Andreas Dilger for libuuid. | |
58 | .SH AVAILABILITY | |
59 | .B uuidgen | |
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60 | is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from |
61 | http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. | |
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62 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
63 | .BR libuuid (3) |