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fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">genrandom</code> [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></code>] {<em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>} {<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>}</p></div>
2eeb74d1cf5355dd98f6d507a10086e16bb08c4bTinderbox User <span class="command"><strong>genrandom</strong></span>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater other commands on systems with no random device.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
e1263b4b9c16f5ecd7640be046b1e1a5c592c1e0Automatic Updater (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
cb3c295308f7a3acfc748e60231ca05183e4393cAutomatic Updater<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
ca42dcc0686fefd3db202edab80e5adb09d6add5Evan Hunt The file name into which random data should be written.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>