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The Question is:
In http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_7331.html,someone asked:
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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.
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The Wizard's answer was:
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uuid_create?
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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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