osx man page for uuid

Query: uuid

OS: osx

Section: n

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uuid(n) 							       uuid								   uuid(n)

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NAME
uuid - UUID generation and comparison
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2 package require uuid ?1.0.1? ::uuid::uuid generate ::uuid::uuid equal id1 id2 _________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
This package provides a generator of universally unique identifiers (UUID) also known as globally unique identifiers (GUID). This implemen- tation follows the draft specification from (1) although this is actually an expired draft document.
COMMANDS
::uuid::uuid generate Creates a type 4 uuid by MD5 hashing a number of bits of variant data including the time and hostname. Returns the string represen- tation of the new uuid. ::uuid::uuid equal id1 id2 Compares two uuids and returns true if both arguments are the same uuid.
EXAMPLES
% uuid::uuid generate b12dc22c-5c36-41d2-57da-e29d0ef5839c
REFERENCES
[1] Paul J. Leach, "UUIDs and GUIDs", February 1998. (http://www.opengroup.org/dce/info/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt) BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category uuid of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.
KEYWORDS
GUID, UUID
CATEGORY
Hashes, checksums, and encryption
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> uuid 1.0.1 uuid(n)
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uuid(3) - osx
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uuid(n) - osx
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