gopkg.in/ubuntu-core/snappy.v0@v0.0.0-20210902073436-25a8614f10a6/osutil/bootid.go (about) 1 // -*- Mode: Go; indent-tabs-mode: t -*- 2 3 /* 4 * Copyright (C) 2017 Canonical Ltd 5 * 6 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as 8 * published by the Free Software Foundation. 9 * 10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 13 * GNU General Public License for more details. 14 * 15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 16 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 17 * 18 */ 19 20 package osutil 21 22 import ( 23 "io/ioutil" 24 "os" 25 "strings" 26 ) 27 28 // BootID returns the unique system-generated boot identifier. 29 func BootID() (string, error) { 30 file, err := os.Open("/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id") 31 if err != nil { 32 return "", err 33 } 34 defer file.Close() 35 bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file) 36 if err != nil { 37 return "", err 38 } 39 return strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes)), nil 40 }