man/sd_id128_get_machine.xml

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  24 <refentry id="sd_id128_get_machine">
  25
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>sd_id128_get_machine</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
  47                 <refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
  48                 <refpurpose>Retrieve 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
  49         </refnamediv>
  50
  51         <refsynopsisdiv>
  52                 <funcsynopsis>
  53                         <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-id128.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
  54
  55                         <funcprototype>
  56                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_machine</function></funcdef>
  57                                 <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
  58                         </funcprototype>
  59
  60                         <funcprototype>
  61                                 <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_boot</function></funcdef>
  62                                 <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
  63                         </funcprototype>
  64
  65                 </funcsynopsis>
  66         </refsynopsisdiv>
  67
  68         <refsect1>
  69                 <title>Description</title>
  70
  71                 <para><function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
  72                 returns the machine ID of the executing host. This
  73                 reads and parses the
  74                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  75                 file. This function caches the machine ID internally
  76                 to make retrieving the machine ID a cheap
  77                 operation.</para>
  78
  79                 <para><function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> returns
  80                 the boot ID of the executing kernel. This reads and
  81                 parses the
  82                 <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id</filename>
  83                 file exposed by the kernel. It is randomly generated
  84                 early at boot and is unique for every running kernel
  85                 instance. See
  86                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  87                 for more information. This function also internally
  88                 caches the returned ID to make this call a cheap
  89                 operation.</para>
  90
  91                 <para>Note that
  92                 <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always returns
  93                 a UUID v4 compatible
  94                 ID. <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will
  95                 also return a UUID v4-compatible ID on new
  96                 installations but might not on older. It is possible
  97                 to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
  98                 one. For more information, see
  99                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 100
 101                 <para>For more information about the
 102                 <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see
 103                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 104         </refsect1>
 105
 106         <refsect1>
 107                 <title>Return Value</title>
 108
 109                 <para>The two calls return 0 on success (in which
 110                 case <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a
 111                 negative errno-style error code.</para>
 112         </refsect1>
 113
 114         <refsect1>
 115                 <title>Notes</title>
 116
 117                 <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
 118                 and <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function>
 119                 interfaces are available as a shared library, which can
 120                 be compiled and linked to with the
 121                 <literal>libsystemd</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 122                 file.</para>
 123         </refsect1>
 124
 125         <refsect1>
 126                 <title>See Also</title>
 127
 128                 <para>
 129                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 130                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 131                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 132                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 133                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 134                 </para>
 135         </refsect1>
 136
 137 </refentry>