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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2011-08-28 11:14:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2011-08-29 11:24:47 +0200 |
| commit | 449a215fc50bfa27c4b0f0cb14d1ce04750762c8 (patch) | |
| tree | c208163f90f375516374b9adc63c95e2ebadbb39 /misc-utils/uuidgen.1 | |
| parent | ionice: adjust synopsis and wording and formatting on the man page (diff) | |
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docs: tweak the formatting and wording of several disk-utils man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 index 6349b3a35..ad409b93e 100644 --- a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 +++ b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 @@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ and in the future. .PP There are two types of UUIDs which .B uuidgen -can generate: time-based UUIDs and random-based UUIDs. By -default +can generate: time-based UUIDs and random-based UUIDs. By default .B uuidgen will generate a random-based UUID if a high-quality random number -generator is present. Otherwise, it will chose a time-based UUID. It -is possible to force the generation of one of these two +generator is present. Otherwise, it will choose a time-based UUID. +It is possible to force the generation of one of these two UUID types by using the .B \-r or @@ -37,21 +36,21 @@ or options. .SH OPTIONS .TP -\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-random\fR +.BR \-r , " \-\-random" Generate a random-based UUID. This method creates a UUID consisting mostly of random bits. It requires that the operating system have a high quality random number generator, such as .IR /dev/random . .TP -\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR +.BR \-t , " \-\-time" Generate a time-based UUID. This method creates a UUID based on the system clock plus the system's ethernet hardware address, if present. .TP -\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR -Output version information and exit. +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" +Display help text and exit. .TP -\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR -Output help screen and exit. +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" +Display version information and exit. .SH "CONFORMING TO" OSF DCE 1.1 .SH AUTHOR |