e2fsprogs: Unify the upper limit of reserved blocks count

[tools/e2fsprogs.git] / misc / uuidgen.1.in

diff --git a/misc/uuidgen.1.in b/misc/uuidgen.1.in
index 9c0e4f1..985e80d 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/uuidgen.1.in
+++ b/misc/uuidgen.1.in
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ uuidgen \- command\-line utility to create a new UUID value
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B uuidgen 
 [
-.B -r
-] [
-.B -t
+.B \-r
+|
+.B \-t
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B uuidgen
-program creates a new universally unique identifier (UUID) using the
+program creates (and prints) 
+a new universally unique identifier (UUID) using the
 .BR libuuid (3)
 library.  The new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among 
 all UUIDs created on the local system, 
@@ -30,25 +31,25 @@ There are two types of UUID's which
 can generate: time-based UUID's and random-based UUID's.  By 
 default 
 .B uuidgen
-will generatea random-based UUID if a high-quality random number
+will generate a random-based UUID if a high-quality random number
 generator is present.  Otherwise, it will chose a time-based UUID.  It 
 is possible to force the generation of one of these two 
 UUID types by using the
-.IR -r " or " -t " options."
-.SH "OPTIONS"
+.B \-r
+or
+.B \-t
+options.
+.SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.I -r
+.B \-r
 Generate a random-based UUID.  This method creates a UUID consisting mostly
 of random bits.  It requires that the operating system have a high
-quality random number generator, such as /dev/random.
+quality random number generator, such as
+.IR /dev/random .
 .TP
-.I -t
+.B \-t
 Generate a time-based UUID.  This method creates a UUID based on the system 
 clock plus the system's ethernet hardware address, if present.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-The UUID of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-b9a761bde3fb (in
-.BR printf (3)
-format "%08x\-%04x\-%04x\-%04x\-%012x") is output to the standard output.
 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
 OSF DCE 1.1
 .SH AUTHOR
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ OSF DCE 1.1
 was written by Andreas Dilger for libuuid.
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 .B uuidgen
-is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available for anonymous
-ftp from tsx\-11.mit.edu (and its mirrors) in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs.
+is part of libuuid from the e2fsprogs package and is available from
+http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR libuuid (3)