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<refentry id="sd_id128_get_machine">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_id128_get_machine</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
+ <productname>elogind</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_id128_get_machine</refname>
<refname>sd_id128_get_boot</refname>
+ <refname>sd_id128_get_invocation</refname>
<refpurpose>Retrieve 128-bit IDs</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
- <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-id128.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <elogind/sd-id128.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_machine</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_id128_get_invocation</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_id128_t *<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
for more information. This function also internally caches the
returned ID to make this call a cheap operation.</para>
- <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> always
- returns a UUID v4 compatible ID.
- <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will also return a
- UUID v4-compatible ID on new installations but might not on older.
- It is possible to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
+ <para><function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> returns the invocation ID of the currently executed
+ service. In its current implementation, this reads and parses the <varname>$INVOCATION_ID</varname> environment
+ variable that the service manager sets when activating a service, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details. The
+ ID is cached internally. In future a different mechanism to determine the invocation ID may be added.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> and <function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> always
+ return UUID v4 compatible IDs. <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> will also return a UUID v4-compatible
+ ID on new installations but might not on older. It is possible to convert the machine ID into a UUID v4-compatible
one. For more information, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
- <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function> and
- <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> interfaces are available
- as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
- <literal>libsystemd</literal> <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- file.</para>
+ <para>The <function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>, <function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> and
+ <function>sd_id128_get_invocation()</function> interfaces are available as a shared library, which can be compiled
+ and linked to with the <literal>libsystemd</literal> <citerefentry
+ project='die-net'><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> file.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_randomize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>