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+/* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu" -*- */
+/* dbus-misc.c  A few assorted public functions that don't fit elsewhere
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1
+ * 
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "dbus-misc.h"
+#include "dbus-internals.h"
+#include "dbus-string.h"
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup DBusMisc Miscellaneous
+ * @ingroup  DBus
+ * @brief Miscellaneous API that doesn't cleanly fit anywhere else
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Obtains the machine UUID of the machine this process is running on.
+ *
+ * The returned string must be freed with dbus_free().
+ * 
+ * This UUID is guaranteed to remain the same until the next reboot
+ * (unless the sysadmin foolishly changes it and screws themselves).
+ * It will usually remain the same across reboots also, but hardware
+ * configuration changes or rebuilding the machine could break that.
+ *
+ * The idea is that two processes with the same machine ID should be
+ * able to use shared memory, UNIX domain sockets, process IDs, and other
+ * features of the OS that require both processes to be running
+ * on the same OS kernel instance.
+ *
+ * The machine ID can also be used to create unique per-machine
+ * instances. For example, you could use it in bus names or
+ * X selection names.
+ *
+ * The machine ID is preferred over the machine hostname, because
+ * the hostname is frequently set to "localhost.localdomain" and
+ * may also change at runtime.
+ *
+ * You can get the machine ID of a remote application by invoking the
+ * method GetMachineId from interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.
+ *
+ * If the remote application has the same machine ID as the one
+ * returned by this function, then the remote application is on the
+ * same machine as your application.
+ *
+ * The UUID is not a UUID in the sense of RFC4122; the details
+ * are explained in the D-Bus specification.
+ *
+ * @returns a 32-byte-long hex-encoded UUID string, or #NULL if insufficient memory
+ */
+char*
+dbus_get_local_machine_id (void)
+{
+  DBusString uuid;
+  char *s;
+
+  s = NULL;
+  _dbus_string_init (&uuid);
+  if (!_dbus_get_local_machine_uuid_encoded (&uuid) ||
+      !_dbus_string_steal_data (&uuid, &s))
+    {
+      _dbus_string_free (&uuid);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      _dbus_string_free (&uuid);
+      return s;
+    }
+
+}
+
+/** @} */ /* End of public API */
+
+#ifdef DBUS_BUILD_TESTS
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+
+#include "dbus-test.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+dbus_bool_t
+_dbus_misc_test (void)
+{
+  
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#endif /* !DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS */
+
+#endif