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lua_uuid

Lua library that generate UUIDs leveraging libuuid.

Requirements

The uuid/uuid.h header must be available in the system INCLUDE_PATH, otherwise you will hit an error like:

ld: library not found for -luuid

Failed compiling module lua_uuid.so

  • Mac OS X
    • brew install ossp-uuid
  • Debian Linux; Ubuntu
    • apt-get install uuid-dev

Usage

To generate a new UUID string:

local uuid = require "lua_uuid"
local uuid_str = uuid()

print("New UUID: "..uuid_str)