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75c0816e8295e180f4bc7f10db3d0d880383bc1cMark Andrews [<!ENTITY mdash "—">]>
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refentryinfo>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </refentryinfo>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refnamediv>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </refnamediv>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </copyright>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <refsynopsisdiv>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <cmdsynopsis>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </cmdsynopsis>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </refsynopsisdiv>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein generates a file containing a specified quantity of psuedo-random
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews on systems with no random device.
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews <variablelist>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews <varlistentry>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews </varlistentry>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews <varlistentry>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The file name into which random data should be written.
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews </varlistentry>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </variablelist>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <citerefentry>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </citerefentry>,
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <citerefentry>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein </citerefentry>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein - Local variables:
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein - mode: sgml