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Date:      Wed, 23 May 2012 13:00:18 GMT
From:      Andy Kosela <akosela@andykosela.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/168255: [patch] uuidgen(1): mention the upper hard limit for -n option
Message-ID:  <201205231300.q4ND0I7C020351@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201205231310.q4NDA2r8035072@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         168255
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] uuidgen(1): mention the upper hard limit for -n option
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 23 13:10:02 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andy Kosela
>Release:        -CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
uuidgen(1): mention the upper hard limit for -n option.  The maximum number is 2048.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
===================================================================
--- bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1	(revision 235828)
+++ bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1	(working copy)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 7, 2005
+.Dd May 23, 2012
 .Dt UUIDGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 to not generate them in batch, but one at a time.
 .It Fl n
 This option controls the number of identifiers generated.
-By default, multiple
-identifiers are generated in batch.
+By default, multiple identifiers are generated in batch.
+The upper hard limit is 2048.
 .It Fl o
 Redirect output to
 .Ar filename


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