uuidutils.h File Reference

UUID creation. More...

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char *	gvm_uuid_make (void)
	Make a new universal identifier. More...

Detailed Description

UUID creation.

Definition in file uuidutils.h.

Function Documentation

gvm_uuid_make()

char* gvm_uuid_make

(

void

)

Make a new universal identifier.

Returns

A newly allocated string holding the identifier, which the caller must free, or NULL on failure.

Definition at line 30 of file uuidutils.c.

{
  char *id;
  uuid_t uuid;
 
  /* Generate an UUID. */
  uuid_generate (uuid);
  if (uuid_is_null (uuid) == 1)
    {
      g_warning ("%s: failed to generate UUID", __func__);
      return NULL;
    }
 
  /* Allocate mem for string to hold UUID. */
  id = g_malloc0 (sizeof (char) * 37);
  if (id == NULL)
    {
      g_warning ("%s: Cannot export UUID to text: out of memory", __func__);
      return NULL;
    }
 
  /* Export the UUID to text. */
  uuid_unparse (uuid, id);
 
  return id;
}

Referenced by mqtt_set_client_id().

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