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

$string = UUID::uuid();            # generate new UUID, return string only

DESCRIPTION

With these 4 routines UUID's can easily be generated and parsed/un-parsed.

Exports

The following functions are exported only by request.

generate
unparse
parse
uuid

All the functions may be imported using the ":all" tag.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Rick Myers.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

Details of this license can be found within the 'License' text file.

AUTHOR

Current maintainer:

Rick Myers <jrm@cpan.org>.

Authors and/or previous maintainers:

Joseph N. Hall <joseph.nathan.hall@gmail.com>

Colin Faber <cfaber@clusterfs.com>

Peter J. Braam <braam@mountainviewdata.com>

Lukas Zapletal <lzap@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

perl(1).