man/sd_id128_randomize.xml

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  24 <refentry id="sd_id128_randomize">
  25
  26   <refentryinfo>
  27     <title>sd_id128_randomize</title>
  28     <productname>elogind</productname>
  29
  30     <authorgroup>
  31       <author>
  32         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36       </author>
  37     </authorgroup>
  38   </refentryinfo>
  39
  40   <refmeta>
  41     <refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle>
  42     <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  43   </refmeta>
  44
  45   <refnamediv>
  46     <refname>sd_id128_randomize</refname>
  47     <refpurpose>Generate 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
  48   </refnamediv>
  49
  50   <refsynopsisdiv>
  51     <funcsynopsis>
  52       <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;elogind/sd-id128.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
  53
  54       <funcprototype>
  55         <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_randomize</function></funcdef>
  56         <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
  57       </funcprototype>
  58
  59     </funcsynopsis>
  60   </refsynopsisdiv>
  61
  62   <refsect1>
  63     <title>Description</title>
  64
  65     <para><function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> generates a new
  66     randomized 128-bit ID and returns it in
  67     <parameter>ret</parameter>. Every invocation returns a new
  68     randomly generated ID. This uses the
  69     <filename>/dev/urandom</filename> kernel random number
  70     generator.</para>
  71
  72     <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> always
  73     returns a UUID v4-compatible ID.</para>
  74
  75     <para>For more information about the <literal>sd_id128_t</literal>
  76     type, see
  77     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  78
  79     <para><option>--new-id</option> option may be used as a command line
  80     front-end for <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function>.</para>
  81   </refsect1>
  82
  83   <refsect1>
  84     <title>Return Value</title>
  85
  86     <para>The call returns 0 on success (in which case
  87     <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a negative
  88     errno-style error code.</para>
  89   </refsect1>
  90
  91   <refsect1>
  92     <title>Notes</title>
  93
  94     <para>The <function>sd_id128_randomize()</function> interface is
  95     available as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to
  96     with the
  97     <literal>libelogind</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  98     file.</para>
  99   </refsect1>
 100
 101   <refsect1>
 102     <title>See Also</title>
 103
 104     <para>
 105       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>elogind</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 106       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 107       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 108       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 109       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 110     </para>
 111   </refsect1>
 112
 113 </refentry>