uuidgen(1)						      General Commands Manual							uuidgen(1)

NAME

       uuidgen - a universally unique identifier (UUID) generator for XPLC

SYNOPSIS

       uuidgen [ OPTION ] ...
       uuidcdef [ OPTION ] ...

DESCRIPTION

       uuidgen	generates  a  new universally unique identifier (UUID).  This UUID can be assumed to be unique to any other UUIDs generated on the
       local system, as well as those created on any other systems, at any time in the past or future.

       By default, uuidgen will try to generate a UUID with as much randomness as possible.  It  tries	to  pick  out  a  high-quality	randomness
       source.	If it cannot find one, it will fall back on using a time-based algorithm.

OPTIONS

       -c, --cdef
	      Print the UUID as an initializer for a C structure, compatible with the type used by XPLC.

	      This is the default mode for uuidcdef.

       -r, --random
	      Demand  that  the  random-based  algorithm be used to generate the UUID.	This will prefer a high-quality randomness source, but may
	      fall back on a low-entropy one.

       -t, --time
	      Demand that the time-based algorithm be used to generate the UUID.

       -u, --uuid
	      Print the UUID like: "26175a27-c35d-4615-8dfb-1509eab28ef8".  This is the printf(3) format: "%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%012x".

	      This is the default mode for uuidgen.

AUTHOR

       Simon Law

SEE ALSO

       uuidgen(1).

tvtime 0.3.13							   October 2005 							uuidgen(1)