TCLLIB - Tcl Standard Library: uuid

NAME

uuid -
UUID generation and comparison

SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.2
package require uuid  ? 1.0.1 ? 
::uuid::uuid generate 
::uuid::uuid equal id1 id2

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

Paul J. Leach, "UUIDs and GUIDs", February 1998. (http://www.opengroup.org/dce/info/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt)

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