NAME
    UUID - Perl extension for using UUID interfaces as defined in e2fsprogs.

SYNOPSIS
      use UUID;

      UUID::generate($uuid);             # generates a 128 bit uuid
      UUID::unparse($uuid, $string);     # change $uuid to 36 byte string

      $rc = UUID::parse($string, $uuid); # map string to UUID, return -1 on error

      $string = UUID::uuid();            # generate new UUID, return string only

DESCRIPTION
    With these 4 routines UUID's can easily be generated and
    parsed/un-parsed.

  Exports
    The following functions are exported only by request.

        generate
        unparse
        parse
        uuid

    All the functions may be imported using the ":all" tag.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Rick Myers.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

    Details of this license can be found within the 'License' text file.

AUTHOR
    Current maintainer:

      Rick Myers <jrm@cpan.org>.

    Authors and/or previous maintainers:

      Joseph N. Hall <joseph.nathan.hall@gmail.com>

      Colin Faber <cfaber@clusterfs.com>

      Peter J. Braam <braam@mountainviewdata.com>

      Lukas Zaplatel <lzap@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
    perl(1).