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refentrytitle><
application>genrandom</
application></
refentrytitle>
1414N/A <
refmiscinfo>BIND9</
refmiscinfo>
1414N/A <
refname><
application>genrandom</
application></
refname>
3088N/A <
refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</
refpurpose>
2690N/A <
holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</
holder>
1437N/A <
command>genrandom</
command>
1414N/A <
arg choice="req"><
replaceable class="parameter">size</
replaceable></
arg>
1414N/A <
arg choice="req"><
replaceable class="parameter">filename</
replaceable></
arg>
2716N/A <
command>genrandom</
command>
1414N/A generates a file containing a specified quantity of psuedo-random
1414N/A data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
1414N/A on systems with no random device.
1414N/A The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
1414N/A The file name into which random data should be written.
1414N/A <
refentrytitle>rand</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>3</
manvolnum>
1437N/A <
refentrytitle>arc4random</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>3</
manvolnum>
1437N/A <
para><
corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</
corpauthor>