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.\"  Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH sip_guid 3SIP "25 Jan 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "Session Initiation Protocol Library Functions"
.SH NAME
sip_guid \- generate a random string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lsip\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <sip.h>

\fBchar *\fR\fIsip_guid\fR();
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBsip_guid()\fR function can be used to generate a random string. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The \fBsip_guid()\fR function returns a string on success and \fBNULL\fR on failure.
.sp
.LP
The value of \fBerrno\fR is not changed by these calls in the event of an error.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBlibsip\fR(3LIB)