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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

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DESCRIPTION
       This  package  provides  a  generator of universally unique identifiers (UUID) also known as globally
       unique identifiers (GUID). This implementation 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 representation 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-_1.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://source-
       forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].   Please  also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS
       GUID, UUID

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>




uuid                                                1.0.1                                            uuid(n)

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