uuid_gen(1M)

NAME

uuid_gen − UUID generating program

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ncs/uuid_gen [-c] [-p] [-C] [-P] [-t] [- version]

DESCRIPTION

uuid_gen generates Universal Unique Identifiers (UUIDs).

Without options, uuid_gen generates the character-string representation of a UUID. The -c and -p options are used when generating templates for Network Interface Definition Language (NIDL) files. The -C and -P options generate source-code representations of UUID s, suitable for initializing variables of type uuid_$t.

Multiple options can be used in the same command line to generate several representations for the same UUID. To generate the default character-string representation as well as one of the optional representations, use the -t option.

Options

uuid_gen recognizes the following options:

-C Generate the C source-code representation of a UUID.

-c Generate a template, including a UUID attribute, for an interface definition in the C syntax of NIDL.

-Pf1 Generate the Pascal source-code representation of a UUID.

-pf1 Generate a template, including a UUID attribute, for an interface definition in the Pascal syntax of NIDL.

-t Generate the character-string representation of a UUID. This option allows you to request the default output of uuid_gen while also requesting optional output forms.

-version Display the version of NCK that this uuid_gen belongs to, but do not generate a UUID.

EXAMPLES

Generate the character-string representation of a UUID:

/etc/ncs/uuid_gen
34dc23469000.0d.00.00.7c.5f.00.00.00

Generate a template for an interface definition in the C syntax of NIDL:

$ /etc/ncs/uuid_gen -c
%c
[
uuid(34dc239ec000.0d.00.00.7c.5f.00.00.00),
version(1)
]
interface INTERFACENAME {

}

Generate the C source-code representation of a UUID:

$ /etc/ncs/uuid_gen −C
= { 0x34dc23af,
    0xf000,
    0x0000,
    0x0d,
    {0x00, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x5f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00} };

Generate both the character-string representation and the C source-code representation of a UUID:

$ /etc/ncs/uuid_gen −t −C
450ccaed6000.0d.00.02.18.cb.00.00.00
= { 0x450ccaed,
    0x6000,
    0x0000,
    0x0d,
    {0x00, 0x02, 0x18, 0xcb, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00} };

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