Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- misc-utils/uuidgen.1 | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 index 4b0fcb60c..d5e1a5675 100644 --- a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 +++ b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 @@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ will generate a random-based UUID if a high-quality random number generator is present. Otherwise, it will choose a time-based UUID. It is possible to force the generation of one of these first two UUID types by using the -.B \-r +.B \-\-random or -.B \-t +.B \-\-time options. .PP The third type of UUID is generated with the -.B \-m +.B \-\-md5 or -.B \-s -options (MD5 or SHA1, respectively), followed by -.BR "\-n " \fInamespace +.B \-\-sha1 +options, followed by +\fB\-\-namespace\fR \fInamespace\fR and -.BR "\-N " \fIname\fR. +\fB\-\-name\fR \fIname\fR. The \fInamespace\fR may either be a well-known UUID, or else an alias to one of the well-known UUIDs defined in RFC 4122, that is .BR @dns , @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Generate the hash of the \fIname\fR. Interpret name \fIname\fR as a hexidecimal string. .SH "CONFORMING TO" OSF DCE 1.1 +.SH EXAMPLES +uuidgen \-\-sha1 \-\-namespace @dns \-\-name "www.example.com" .SH AUTHOR .B uuidgen was written by Andreas Dilger for libuuid. -- 2.15.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
