NAME

UUID – Perl extension for using UUID interfaces as defined in e2fsprogs.  

SYNOPSIS

  use UUID;
  UUID::generate($uuid); # generates a 128 bit uuid
  UUID::unparse($uuid, $string); # change $uuid to 36 byte string
  $rc = UUID::parse($string, $uuid); # map string to UUID, return -1 on error

 

DESCRIPTION

With these 3 routines UUID”s can easily be generated and parsed/un-parsed.  

EXPORT

UUID::{generate, parse, unparse}  

LICENSE

This library is licensed under the Perl Artistic License. Details of this license can be found within the ‘License’ text file  

AUTHOR

Joseph N. Hall <[email protected]>

Colin Faber <[email protected]>

Peter J. Braam <[email protected]>  

Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.