open-vault/helper/uuid/uuid.go
2015-06-30 12:38:32 -07:00

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Go

package uuid
import (
"crypto/rand"
"fmt"
)
// GenerateUUID is used to generate a random UUID
func GenerateUUID() string {
buf := make([]byte, 16)
if _, err := rand.Read(buf); err != nil {
panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to read random bytes: %v", err))
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%08x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%12x",
buf[0:4],
buf[4:6],
buf[6:8],
buf[8:10],
buf[10:16])
}