Release Name: 0.1.1

Notes:
NAME

  Guid - Produce GUID/UUID from Ruby


SYNOPSIS

  require 'guid'
 
  # generate a GUID
  g = Guid.new
  puts g             # 79328095-636a-6cc5-2bbb-606df7228a01
  puts g.to_s        # 79328095-636a-6cc5-2bbb-606df7228a01
  puts g.hexdigest   # 79328095636a6cc52bbb606df7228a01
  puts g.raw.inspect # "\227#\010Y6\246\306\\\262\273\006\326\177\"\250\020"
  puts g.raw.length  # 16

  # generate another GUID, should be different everytime
  g2 = Guid.new
  puts g == g2       # false (it better be! :-)

  # convert a hexstring into Guid object
  g3 = Guid.from_s("79328095-636a-6cc5-2bbb-606df7228a01")
  puts g3            # 79328095-636a-6cc5-2bbb-606df7228a01
  puts g == g3       # true

  # convert a raw 16-byte string into Guid object
  g4 = Guid.from_raw("\227#\010Y6\246\306\\\262\273\006\326\177\"\250\020")
  puts g4            # 79328095-636a-6cc5-2bbb-606df7228a01
  puts g == g4       # true


DESCRIPTION

  This library can produce GUID/UUID on Windows (except first release of
  Win95 and older version) and on Unix using random number. I have only
  tested this library under Win2k and Redhat 7.3; please report if you fail
  to use it on other platforms. On Windows, it uses CryptGenRandom(). On
  Unix, it uses /dev/urandom (and if fail, try to use /dev/random). No other
  external program or library is needed.

  The latest version of this library can be obtained from:

    http://rubyforge.org/projects/uuid/

  To install:

    % ruby install.rb config
    % ruby install.rb setup
    # ruby install.rb install


SEE ALSO

  * FAQ


CREDITS

  * Thanks to Stephen Veit <sveit at earthlink net> for pointing out how to
    use Win32API.


LICENSE

  Copyright (c) 2004 David Garamond <davegaramond at icqmail com>.

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the same terms as Ruby itself.




Changes:
- Fix Guid for darwin (osx) platforms.