"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+
This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If run inside a KVM virtual machine and a UUID
- is was configured (via the <option>-uuid</option>
+ is configured (via the <option>-uuid</option>
option), this UUID is used to initialize the machine ID. The
caller must ensure that the UUID passed is sufficiently unique
and is different for every booted instance of the
VM.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Similar, if run inside a Linux container
+ <listitem><para>Similarly, if run inside a Linux container
environment and a UUID is configured for the container, this is
used to initialize the machine ID. For details, see the
documentation of the <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ContainerInterface">Container
Interface</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Otherwise, a new ID is randomly
early boot service.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--print</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Print the machine ID generated or committed after the operation is complete.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>