/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb DCE_RPC, uuidgen  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 NAME

   uuidgen - Generates a Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)

 SYNOPSIS

   uuidgen [argument] ...

 Arguments

   -c    Allows you to supply an existing UUID that uuidgen then outputs
         in the format you specify.  This option is especially useful in
         combination with the -s option for converting an existing UUID
         into a C structure.  You must specify the -c option at the end
         of the uuidgen command line; all options that follow -c are
         ignored.

   -i    Produces an Interface Definition Language (IDL) file template
         and includes the generated UUID string in the template.

   -o filename
         Redirects the generated UUID string to the file you specify.

   -s    Generates a UUID string as an initialized C structure.

   -v    Displays the version number of the UUID generator, but does not
         generate a UUID.

   -h    Displays information about the uuidgen command arguments.  The
         arguments -h and -? can be used interchangeably.

   -?    Displays information about the uuidgen command arguments.  The
         arguments -? and -h can be used interchangeably.

   -n number_of_uuid_strings
         Generates a specified number of UUID strings.

 DESCRIPTION

   The uuidgen command creates a UUID string that you assign to an object
   to uniquely identify it. One such use is in the UUID interface attribute
   of an IDL interface definition.  The format for representing a UUID
   string consists of eight hexadecimal digits followed by a dash,
   followed by three groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by dashes,
   followed by a dash and twelve hexadecimal digits:

        01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef

   The symbol uuidgen is defined in the DCE$DEFINE_OPTIONAL_COMMANDS
   command procedure.  This command file can be found in
   SYS$COMMON:[DCE$LIBRARY].

 FILES

   The locations of files have the following pathnames:

   SYS$SYSTEM:DCE$UUIDGEN.EXE
                       UUID Generator

 EXAMPLES

    1.  Generate a UUID string:

             $ uuidgen
             23c67e00-71b6-11c9-9dfc-08002b0ecef1

    2.  Generate a partial template, containing a generated UUID string,
        to be used to develop an interface definition:

             $ uuidgen -i
             [
             uuid(828bf780-71b6-11c9-b5a8-08002b0ecef1),
             version (1.0)
             ]
             interface INTERFACENAME
             {

             }

    3.  Convert a UUID string from the old-style format to the new format:

             $ uuidgen -t 34DC23469EAF.AB.A2.01.7C.5F.2C.ED.A3
             34dc2346-9eaf-0000-aba2-017c5f2ceda3

    4.  Generate four UUID strings:

             $ uuidgen -n 4
             612c0b00-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1
             612c0b01-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1
             612c0b02-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1
             612c0b03-71b8-11c9-973a-08002b0ecef1

    5.  Convert a UUID into a C structure:

             $ uuidgen -s -c 1251ace6-93al-11cd-95ad-0800097086e4
                             0x1251ace6,
                             0x93al,
                             0x11cd,
                             0x95,
                             0xad
                             {0x08, 0x00, 0x09, 0x70, 0x86, 0xe4}
                     };

 RELATED_INFORMATION

     Commands: uuidgen.

  Additional Information (explode) :

• UUIDGEN DCL Command Interface