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The Question is: In http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_7331.html,someone asked: --- Is there a callable interface available under OpenVMS or within a layered product that will generate a 128-bit UUID? I have looked at the Compaq DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Reference Guide but there only appears to be a command line utility for doing this. I need to be able to do this from within a C program. --- The Wizard's answer was: --- uuid_create? --- My new question is: where is this uuid_create documented? I've searched through the DECCRTL, STARLET and LIB_C header libraries and couldn't find it, nor could I find any other OpenVMS documentation page that included uuid_create. Since the answer appears to be that uuid_create is of doubtful existence (as implied by the question mark in the answer), I'd like to get a reply to the original question. Alternatively, I'd like to find out how to get the IEEE/MAC address of an Alpha Ope nVMS 7.3 system, so that it could be used to generate a UUID using the spec in the IETF Internet Draft dated 4-Feb-1998. Presumably the address should be obtainable by a call to system services like sys$getsyi or sys$getdvi, and it should not depend on wh ether TCP/IP is installed or not, but I haven't been able to locate detailed information in this area. The Answer is : uuid_create is a DCE-related call, as the question specified DCE. From OpenVMS, you can use the sys$create_uid system service.
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