NAME¶
uuid - UUID generation and comparison
SYNOPSIS¶
package require
Tcl 8.2
package require
uuid ?1.0.2?
::uuid::uuid generate
::uuid::uuid equal id1 id2
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-01.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 Trackers [
http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist]. Please also
report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or
documentation.
KEYWORDS¶
GUID, UUID
CATEGORY¶
Hashes, checksums, and encryption
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>