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    This section provides DCL syntax for the UUID generation utility.
    Except where noted, DCL commands are equivalent to the universal
    command syntax documented in the uuidgen section of the OSF DCE
    Application Development Reference. See the Reference documentation
    for a complete description of the universal command syntax interface
    to the UUID generation utility.

    Users may choose to use either the universal interface to the
    UUID generation utility or the DCL-style alternative.

    NAME

     IDENTIFIER/TRANSLATE - Translates a DCE RPC Version UUID to a
     DCE RPC UUID.

    SYNOPSIS
     IDENTIFIER/TRANSLATE old-style-uuid [qualifier]...

    QUALIFIERS
     /OUTPUT=file
     /OUTPUT=SYS$OUTPUT  (default)

        This qualifier, used with a file name, directs output to a
        file.  If you do not specify a file name, the converted UUID
        goes to SYS$OUTPUT, generally your display terminal.

    NAME

     IDENTIFIER/GENERATE - Generates one or more DCE RPC
     UUIDs.

    SYNOPSIS
     IDENTIFIER/GENERATE [qualifier]

    QUALIFIERS
     /FORMAT [=option]

        Specify one or more of the following options.

        STRING (default)

        STRING Format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

        This is a raw UUID in its readable form.

        IDL

        IDL Format:   [uuid(xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx- xxxxxxxxxxxx)]

        This is a UUID as it appears syntactically in an RPC
        interface definition.

        STRUCT

        STRUCT Format: This is an initialized C structure
        declaration, which can be included in C code that is used
        with DCE RPC.

     /COUNT=n

        This qualifier specifies the number of UUID strings to be
        generated. If you do not specify a number for n, the number 1
        is used by default.

     /OUTPUT=file
     /OUTPUT=SYS$OUTPUT (default)

        This qualifier, used with a file name, directs output to a
        file.  If you do not specify a file name, the converted UUID
        goes to SYS$OUTPUT, generally your display terminal.