libuuid: fix man page typos
Signed-off-by: Seth Girvan <snth@snthhacks.com>
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@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ be used, for instance, to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple
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web servers without communication between the servers, and without fear
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of a name clash.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
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V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs
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V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ The
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.B uuid_generate_time
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function forces the use of the alternative algorithm which uses the
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current time and the local ethernet MAC address (if available).
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This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUID, but
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This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUIDs, but
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because of the use of the ethernet MAC address, it can leak
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information about when and where the UUID was generated. This can cause
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privacy problems in some applications, so the
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.B uuid_generate
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function only uses this algorithm if a high-quality source of
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randomness is not available. To guarantee uniqueness of UUIDs generated
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by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses global
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by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses a global
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clock state counter (if the process has permissions to gain exclusive access
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to this file) and/or the
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.B uuidd
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@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ whether the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, use
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.sp
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The
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.B uuid_generate_time_safe
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is similar to
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function is similar to
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.BR uuid_generate_time ,
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except that it returns a value which denotes whether any of the synchronization
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mechanisms (see above) has been used.
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.B uuid_generate_time_safe
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returns zero if the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, \-1 otherwise.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
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V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs
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V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ stored in the location pointed to by
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.IR uu ,
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otherwise \-1 is returned.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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This library parses UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
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V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3
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and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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.B uuid_unparse
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function converts the supplied UUID
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.I uu
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from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus tailing '\e0')
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from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus trailing '\e0')
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of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-0016d3cca427 and stores this
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value in the character string pointed to by
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.IR out .
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