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diff --git a/doc/dbus-uuidgen.1 b/doc/dbus-uuidgen.1 index 480fd18f..8ed8dd20 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-uuidgen.1 +++ b/doc/dbus-uuidgen.1 @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ .\" -.\" dbus-uuidgen manual page. +.\" dbus\-uuidgen manual page. .\" Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. .\" -.TH dbus-uuidgen 1 +.TH dbus\-uuidgen 1 .SH NAME -dbus-uuidgen \- Utility to generate UUIDs +dbus\-uuidgen \- Utility to generate UUIDs .SH SYNOPSIS .PP -.B dbus-uuidgen [\-\-version] [\-\-ensure[=FILENAME]] [\-\-get[=FILENAME]] +.B dbus\-uuidgen [\-\-version] [\-\-ensure[=FILENAME]] [\-\-get[=FILENAME]] .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fIdbus-uuidgen\fP command generates or reads a universally unique ID. +The \fIdbus\-uuidgen\fP command generates or reads a universally unique ID. .PP -Note that the D-Bus UUID has no relationship to RFC 4122 and does not generate +Note that the D\-Bus UUID has no relationship to RFC 4122 and does not generate UUIDs compatible with that spec. Many systems have a separate command for that (often called "uuidgen"). .PP See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ for more information -about D-Bus. +about D\-Bus. .PP -The primary usage of \fIdbus-uuidgen\fP is to run in the post-install -script of a D-Bus package like this: +The primary usage of \fIdbus\-uuidgen\fP is to run in the post\-install +script of a D\-Bus package like this: .nf - dbus-uuidgen --ensure + dbus\-uuidgen \-\-ensure .fi .PP -This will ensure that /var/lib/dbus/machine-id exists and has the uuid in it. +This will ensure that /var/lib/dbus/machine\-id exists and has the uuid in it. It won't overwrite an existing uuid, since this id should remain fixed for a single machine until the next reboot at least. @@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ sockets, local X displays, localhost.localdomain resolution, process IDs, and so forth. .PP -If you run \fIdbus-uuidgen\fP with no options it just prints a new uuid made +If you run \fIdbus\-uuidgen\fP with no options it just prints a new uuid made up out of thin air. .PP -If you run it with --get, it prints the machine UUID by default, or +If you run it with \-\-get, it prints the machine UUID by default, or the UUID in the specified file if you specify a file. .PP -If you try to change an existing machine-id on a running system, it will +If you try to change an existing machine\-id on a running system, it will probably result in bad things happening. Don't try to change this file. Also, don't make it the same on two different systems; it needs to be different anytime there are two different kernels running. @@ -63,27 +63,27 @@ because there are two different kernels. .SH OPTIONS The following options are supported: .TP -.I "--get[=FILENAME]" -If a filename is not given, defaults to localstatedir/lib/dbus/machine-id +.I "\-\-get[=FILENAME]" +If a filename is not given, defaults to localstatedir/lib/dbus/machine\-id (localstatedir is usually /var). If this file exists and is valid, the uuid in the file is printed on stdout. Otherwise, the command exits with a nonzero status. .TP -.I "--ensure[=FILENAME]" -If a filename is not given, defaults to localstatedir/lib/dbus/machine-id +.I "\-\-ensure[=FILENAME]" +If a filename is not given, defaults to localstatedir/lib/dbus/machine\-id (localstatedir is usually /var). If this file exists then it will be validated, and a failure code returned if it contains the wrong thing. If the file does not exist, it will be created with a new uuid in it. On success, prints no output. .TP -.I "--version" -Print the version of dbus-uuidgen +.I "\-\-version" +Print the version of dbus\-uuidgen .SH AUTHOR See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/doc/AUTHORS .SH BUGS -Please send bug reports to the D-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, +Please send bug reports to the D\-Bus mailing list or bug tracker, see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ |