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<H1>SD_ID128_RANDOMIZE</H1>
Section: sd_id128_randomize (3)<BR>Updated: <BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
sd_id128_randomize - Generate 128-bit IDs
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/systemd/sd-id128.h">systemd/sd-id128.h</A>&gt;
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<B>int sd_id128_randomize(sd_id128_t&nbsp;*</B><I>ret</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>sd_id128_randomize()</B>
<DD>generates a new randomized 128-bit ID and returns it in
<I>ret</I>. Every invocation returns a new randomly generated ID. This uses the
/dev/urandom
kernel random number generator.
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Note that
<B>sd_id128_randomize()</B>
always returns a UUID v4-compatible ID.
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For more information about the
&quot;sd_id128_t&quot;
type, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sd-id128">sd-id128</A></B>(3).
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+systemd-id128">systemd-id128</A></B>(1)'s
<B>new</B>
command may be used as a command line front-end for
<B>sd_id128_randomize()</B>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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The call returns 0 on success (in which case
<I>ret</I>
is filled in), or a negative errno-style error code.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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These APIs are implemented as a shared library, which can be compiled and linked to with the
<B>libsystemd</B>&nbsp;<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+pkg-config">pkg-config</A></B>(1)
file.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+systemd">systemd</A></B>(1),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sd-id128">sd-id128</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+machine-id">machine-id</A></B>(5),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?4+random">random</A></B>(4),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sd_id128_get_machine">sd_id128_get_machine</A></B>(3)
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