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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/uuid/uuid.313
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3 b/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3
index 4d10204..4fa41de 100644
--- a/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3
+++ b/lib/libc/uuid/uuid.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 13, 2008
+.Dd March 1, 2012
.Dt UUID 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ A 16-bit hash value can be obtained by calling
.Fn uuid_hash .
.Pp
The
+.Fn uuid_to_string
+function set
+.Fa *str
+to be a pointer to a buffer sufficiently large to hold the string.
+This pointer should be passed to
+.Xr free 3
+to release the allocated storage when it is no longer needed.
+.Pp
+The
.Fn uuid_enc_le
and
.Fn uuid_enc_be
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ The UUID does not have a known version.
.It Dv uuid_s_invalid_string_uuid
The string representation of an UUID is not valid.
.It Dv uuid_s_no_memory
-The meaning of the code escaped the writers mind.
+The function can not allocate memory to store an UUID representation.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uuidgen 1 ,
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