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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-30 12:04:36 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-30 12:04:36 +0000
commit6c3079ad7f80a7d63cab99560b78e893f41d9e1d (patch)
tree8766769674709df1429ff4acd329cf3fdde825d9 /lib/libc
parent38b8c17f6a1eed0e09903045d95d8f1402888122 (diff)
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.28
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2 b/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
index 9d6a52210a6e8..61b2fe0016caf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/uuidgen.2
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) and writes them to the buffer
pointed to by
.Fa store .
The identifiers are generated according to the syntax and semantics of the
-DCE version 1 variant of universally unique identifiers. When no IEEE 802
+DCE version 1 variant of universally unique identifiers.
+When no IEEE 802
address is available for the node field a random multicast address is
generated for each call.
.Pp
@@ -55,9 +56,8 @@ system call will generate identifiers that are adjacent in time.
.Pp
Universally unique identifiers, also known as globally unique identifiers,
are normally represented as:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-63d81915-7140-11d6-903d-00022d09712b
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Dl 63d81915-7140-11d6-903d-00022d09712b
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std
.Sh ERRORS