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a721927b | 32 | .Dd February 8, 2009 |
c907da5c | 33 | .Dt UUIDS 5 |
fb5b3747 | 34 | .Os |
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35 | .Sh NAME |
36 | .Nm uuids | |
37 | .Nd UUIDs and their symbolic names | |
38 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
39 | .Nm /etc/defaults/uuids | |
40 | .Nm /etc/uuids | |
41 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
42 | A | |
43 | .Nm | |
a721927b | 44 | file contains a list of UUIDs (universally unique identifiers) and their symbolic names. |
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45 | .Pp |
46 | Each line in a | |
47 | .Nm | |
48 | file, other than comment lines that begin with a | |
49 | .Sq # , | |
a721927b | 50 | specifies a UUID and its symbolic name. |
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51 | The first field is the UUID, the second field is the name, |
52 | they are separated by tabs or spaces. | |
a721927b | 53 | A UUID is a 128 bit number written in hexadecimal and formatted like this: |
c907da5c | 54 | 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef, |
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55 | i.e. 16 hexadecimal digits, with dash |
56 | .Pq Sq - , | |
c907da5c | 57 | after digit no. 8, 12, 16 and 20. |
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58 | A name is a text string enclosed in double quotes |
59 | .Pq Sq \&" . | |
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60 | .Sh FILES |
61 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/defaults/uuids" -compact | |
62 | .It Pa /etc/defaults/uuids | |
63 | A list of UUIDs and their symbolic names provided by the OS vendor. | |
64 | .It Pa /etc/uuids | |
65 | A list of UUIDs and their symbolic names provided by the | |
66 | system administrator. | |
67 | .El | |
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68 | .Sh EXAMPLES |
69 | A UUID with name | |
70 | .Dq test UUID : | |
71 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | |
72 | # test uuids(5) file | |
73 | 061ceb5d-5beb-11dd-924c-010e0cd0bad1 "test UUID" | |
74 | .Ed | |
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75 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
76 | .Xr uuid 3 | |
77 | .Sh AUTHORS | |
78 | This manual page was written by | |
79 | .An Thomas Nikolajsen . |