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ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt - Copyright (C) 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refentryinfo>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </refentryinfo>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refnamediv>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </refnamediv>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </copyright>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refsynopsisdiv>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <cmdsynopsis>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </cmdsynopsis>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </refsynopsisdiv>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt generates a file containing a specified quantity of psuedo-random
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt on systems with no random device.
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <variablelist>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <varlistentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </varlistentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <varlistentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt The file name into which random data should be written.
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </varlistentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </variablelist>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <citerefentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </citerefentry>,
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <citerefentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt </citerefentry>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt - Local variables:
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt - mode: sgml