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199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="man.genrandom">
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refentryinfo>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </refentryinfo>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refnamediv>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </refnamediv>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </copyright>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refsynopsisdiv>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></option></arg>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </cmdsynopsis>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </refsynopsisdiv>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome other commands on systems with no random device.
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </refsection>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <refsection><info><title>ARGUMENTS</title></info>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <variablelist>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <varlistentry>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></term>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome In place of generating one file, generates <option>number</option>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome (from 2 to 9) files, appending <option>number</option> to the name.
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </varlistentry>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <varlistentry>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </varlistentry>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome <varlistentry>
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome The file name into which random data should be written.
199767f8919635c4928607450d9e0abb932109ceToomas Soome </varlistentry>