uuidgen — Apollo

10.4;uuidgen (UUID Generating Tool), NCK version 2.0, 91/12/13
uuidgen -UUID Generating Tool for NCS version 2.0
usage: /etc/ncs/uuidgen [ -c  [ -p ] [ -C ] [ -P ] [ -version ]



DESCRIPTION
     The uuidgen command creates a UUID string that you assign to an object to
     uniquely identify it. This UUID is in the format used by NCS 2.0. To
     generate a UUID in the format used by NCS 1.5.1, use the uuid_gen
     command.

     One use of UUIDs is in the UUID interface attribute of an IDL interface
     definition.  The format for representing a UUID string consists of eight
     hexadecimal digits followed by a hyphen, followed by three groups of four
     hexadecimal digits separated by hyphens, followed by a hyphen and twelve
     hexadecimal digits:

     01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF

OPTIONS
     -i        Produces an interface definition language (IDL) file template
               and includes the generated UUID string in the template.

     -o filename
               Redirects the generated UUID string to the file you specify.

     -s        Generates a UUID string as an initialized C structure.

     -t old_style_uuid_string
               Translates the old style (NCS Version 1.5.1) UUID string format
               to the new style string format.

     -v        Displays the version number of the UUID generator but does not
               generate a UUID.

     -h        Displays information about the uuidgen command arguments. The
               arguments -h and -? can be used interchangeably.

     -?        Displays information about the uuidgen command arguments. The
               arguments -? and -h can be used interchangeably.

     -n number_of_uuid_strings
               Generates a specified number of UUID strings.

EXAMPLES
     1.  Generate a UUID string.

     $ uuidgen
     23C67E00-71B6-11C9-9DFC-08002B0ECEF1


     2.  Generate a partial template, containing a generated UUID string, to
     be used to develop an interface definition.

     $ uuidgen -i
     [
     uuid(828BF780-71B6-11C9-B5A8-08002B0ECEF1),
     version(1.0)
     ]
     interface INTERFACENAME
     {

     }


     3.  Convert a UUID string from the old style format to the new format.

     $ uuidgen -t 34DC23469EAF.AB.A2.01.7C.5F.2C.ED.A3
     34DC2346-9EAF-0000-ABA2-017C5F2CEDA3


     4.  Generate four UUID strings.

     $ uuidgen -n 4
     612C0B00-71B8-11C9-973A-08002B0ECEF1
     612C0B01-71B8-11C9-973A-08002B0ECEF1
     612C0B02-71B8-11C9-973A-08002B0ECEF1
     612C0B03-71B8-11C9-973A-08002B0ECEF1


SEE ALSO
Museum
