uuidname.txt(4)
NAME
uuidname.txt − file associating names with UUIDs
SYNOPSIS
Public file:
/sys/ncs/uuidname.txt (SR9 Apollo Aegis workstations)
/etc/ncs/uuidname.txt (SR10 Apollo Domain/OS workstations)
/etc/ncs/uuidname.txt (HP-UX systems and other UNIX systems)
ncs$exe:uuidname.txt (VMS systems)
\ncs\uuidname.txt (MS-DOS systems)
Private file:
~/uuidname.txt (Domain/OS, HP-UX, and other UNIX
DESCRIPTION
A uuidname.txt file associates textual names with UUIDs (Universal Unique Identifiers). The lb_admin(1M) administrative tool can use these names to identify objects, types, and interfaces; it accepts names as input and displays names as output whenever possible.
System-wide associations of names with UUIDs are defined in a public uuidname.txt file on the host where lb_admin is invoked. On Apollo Domain/OS workstations, HP-UX systems, and other UNIX systems, user-specific associations can also be defined in a private uuidname.txt file in the home directory of the user who invokes lb_admin. lb_admin reads these files (first the public file, then the private file, if it exists) when it starts up, and uses the names defined in the files for the duration of the session.
Each UUID in a uuidname.txt file appears at the beginning of a line. Names associated with that UUID occupy the remainder of the line, separated by spaces or tabs. Names that contain spaces or tabs must be delimited by double quotation marks. Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored. A #include construct supports inclusion of other files in this format.
More than one name can be associated with a UUID if several names appear on one line of a uuidname.txt file, if a UUID appears on several lines of one file, or if a UUID appears in several files. The first name encountered by lb_admin when it starts up is treated as the "primary name" for the UUID, and all subsequent names are treated as "aliases." Any primary names or aliases can be entered as input to lb_admin, but the tool always uses primary names for output.
If an undefined name is entered as input, lb_admin treats the input as a wildcard.
Note that this mechanism for associating names with UUIDs may be superseded by a more general naming service in a future software release.
EXAMPLE
The following is part of a sample uuidname.txt file:
333b91c50000.0d.00.00.87.84.00.00.00 glb/object
333b91de0000.0d.00.00.87.84.00.00.00 glb/type
333b2e690000.0d.00.00.87.84.00.00.00 glb/interface
34b45208a000.0d.00.00.87.84.00.00.00 rgy/object
SEE ALSO
Managing NCS Software
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 8.05: June 1991