From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:56:42 +0000 (+0200) Subject: uuidd: improve man page for -cont-clock X-Git-Tag: v2.40-rc1~290 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c81dea6346e1804a07f8280dc059de4f934b36c8;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git uuidd: improve man page for -cont-clock Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidd.8.adoc b/misc-utils/uuidd.8.adoc index 8eee3e91b3..b0f48507f5 100644 --- a/misc-utils/uuidd.8.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/uuidd.8.adoc @@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ The *uuidd* daemon is used by the UUID library to generate universally unique id == OPTIONS -*-C*, *--cont-clock* _opt_arg_:: -Activate continuous clock handling for time based UUIDs. *uuidd* could use all possible clock values, beginning with the daemon's start time. The optional argument can be used to set a value for the max_clock_offset. This gurantees, that a clock value of a UUID will always be within the range of the max_clock_offset. '-C' or '--cont-clock' enables the feature with a default max_clock_offset of 2 hours. '-C[hd]' or '--cont-clock=[hd]' enables the feature with a max_clock_offset of NUM seconds. In case of an appended h or d, the NUM value is read in hours or days. The minimum value is 60 seconds, the maximum value is 365 days. +*-C*, *--cont-clock*[=_time_]:: +Activate continuous clock handling for time based UUIDs. *uuidd* could use all possible clock values, beginning with the daemon's start time. The optional argument can be used to set a value for the max_clock_offset. This gurantees, that a clock value of a UUID will always be within the range of the max_clock_offset. ++ +The option '-C' or '--cont-clock' enables the feature with a default max_clock_offset of 2 hours. ++ +The option '-C[hd]' or '--cont-clock=[hd]' enables the feature with a max_clock_offset of NUM seconds. In case of an appended h or d, the NUM value is read in hours or days. The minimum value is 60 seconds, the maximum value is 365 days. *-d*, *--debug*:: Run *uuidd* in debugging mode. This prevents *uuidd* from running as a daemon.