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1414N/A<refentry id="man.genrandom">
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1414N/A <date>Feb 19, 2009</date>
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1414N/A <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
1414N/A <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
1414N/A <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
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3088N/A <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
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2690N/A <copyright>
2690N/A <year>2009</year>
2690N/A <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
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1414N/A <refsynopsisdiv>
2690N/A <cmdsynopsis>
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>
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2690N/A <refsect1>
2690N/A <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
2717N/A <para>
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 </para>
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1414N/A <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
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1414N/A <term>size</term>
1414N/A <listitem>
1414N/A <para>
1414N/A The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
1414N/A </para>
1414N/A </listitem>
1414N/A </varlistentry>
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1414N/A <varlistentry>
1414N/A <term>domain</term>
1414N/A <listitem>
1414N/A <para>
1414N/A The file name into which random data should be written.
1414N/A </para>
1414N/A </listitem>
1414N/A </varlistentry>
1414N/A </variablelist>
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1414N/A <title>SEE ALSO</title>
1414N/A <para>
1414N/A <citerefentry>
1414N/A <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
1414N/A </citerefentry>,
1437N/A <citerefentry>
1437N/A <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
1437N/A </citerefentry>
1437N/A </para>
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1437N/A <title>AUTHOR</title>
1437N/A <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
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