X-Git-Url: https://git.whamcloud.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=misc%2Fuuidgen.1.in;h=985e80d783f6f28c66397eab85ed16a42267a5f0;hb=fffbb3bcc28f90f7ab3d9a06d94e546864475477;hp=60da84d64768eea0afa6d9ed244ca6a96954f206;hpb=6d56d51a0ab7bcee8bc142b9d50c5df82e4e04dd;p=tools%2Fe2fsprogs.git diff --git a/misc/uuidgen.1.in b/misc/uuidgen.1.in index 60da84d..985e80d 100644 --- a/misc/uuidgen.1.in +++ b/misc/uuidgen.1.in @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ uuidgen \- command\-line utility to create a new UUID value .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, @@ -49,10 +50,6 @@ quality random number generator, such as .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