uuid(1m)                 Open Software Foundation                  uuid(1m)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      uuid - A dcecp object that generates and compares UUIDs

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      uuid compare uuid uuid

      uuid create

      uuid help [operation | -verbose]

      uuid operations


 ARGUMENTS    [Toc]    [Back]
      uuid      A UUID in the following form:

                C069d9fb6-943e-11cd-a35c-0000c08adf56


      operation The name of the uuid operation for which to display help
                information.


 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The uuid object generates and compares Universal Unique Identifiers
      (UUIDs).  UUIDs uniquely identify DCE entities such as principals, RPC
      entries, Cell Directory Service (CDS) replicas, and so on.

 OPERATIONS    [Toc]    [Back]
    uuid compare
      Compares two UUIDs.  The syntax is as follows:

      uuid compare uuid uuid


      The compare operation compares two UUIDs, returning 1 if they are
      equal or 0 if they are not. Because the uuid compare command handles
      the comparison of UUIDs in current and previous DCE formats, you
      should use it rather than string compare.

      Privileges Required    [Toc]    [Back]

      No special privileges are needed to use the uuid compare command.

      Examples    [Toc]    [Back]

      dcecp> uuid compare 03bb2688-943e-11cd-8bfd-0000c08adf56 \
      > 069d9fb6-943e-11cd-a35c-0000c08adf56
      0
      dcecp>




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 uuid(1m)                 Open Software Foundation                  uuid(1m)




    uuid create
      Returns a newly generated UUID.  The syntax is as follows:

      uuid create


      The create operation returns a newly generated UUID.  It takes no
      arguments.

      Privileges Required    [Toc]    [Back]

      No special privileges are needed to use the uuid create command.

      Examples    [Toc]    [Back]

      dcecp> uuid create
      03bb2688-943e-11cd-8bfd-0000c08adf56
      dcecp>


    uuid help
      Returns help information about the uuid object and its operations.
      The syntax is as follows:

      uuid help [operation | -verbose]


      Options    [Toc]    [Back]


      -verbose  Displays information about the uuid object.


      Used without an argument or option, the uuid help command returns
      brief information about each uuid operation. The optional operation
      argument is the name of an operation about which you want detailed
      information. Alternatively, you can use the -verbose option for more
      detailed information about the uuid object itself.

      Privileges Required    [Toc]    [Back]

      No special privileges are needed to use the uuid help command.

      Examples    [Toc]    [Back]

      dcecp> uuid help
      compare             Compares two UUIDs for equality.
      create              Returns a newly generated UUID.
      help                Prints a summary of command-line options.
      operations          Returns a list of the valid operations for this command.
      dcecp>



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 uuid(1m)                 Open Software Foundation                  uuid(1m)




    uuid operations
      Returns a list of the operations supported by the uuid object. The
      syntax is as follows:

      uuid operations


      The list of available operations is in alphabetical order except for
      help and operations, which are listed last.

      Privileges Required    [Toc]    [Back]

      No special privileges are needed to use the uuid operations command.

      Examples    [Toc]    [Back]

      dcecp> uuid operations
      compare create help operations
      dcecp>


 RELATED INFORMATION    [Toc]    [Back]
      Commands: dcecp(1m).


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