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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:37:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:37:14 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg.upstream/1%9.11.5.P4+dfsgupstream
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diff --git a/bin/tools/genrandom.html b/bin/tools/genrandom.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6a5c0a --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/tools/genrandom.html @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> +<!-- + - Copyright (C) 2009-2011, 2014-2016, 2018, 2019 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") + - + - This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + - License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + - file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. +--> +<html lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> +<title>genrandom</title> +<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"> +</head> +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry"> +<a name="man.genrandom"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> + + + + + + <div class="refnamediv"> +<h2>Name</h2> +<p> + <span class="application">genrandom</span> + — generate a file containing random data + </p> +</div> + + + + <div class="refsynopsisdiv"> +<h2>Synopsis</h2> + <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> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> + + <p> + <span class="command"><strong>genrandom</strong></span> + generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity + of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for + other commands on systems with no random device. + </p> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.8"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2> + + <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"> +<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code> + (from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term">size</span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate. + </p> + </dd> +<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt> +<dd> + <p> + The file name into which random data should be written. + </p> + </dd> +</dl></div> + </div> + + <div class="refsection"> +<a name="id-1.9"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> + + <p> + <span class="citerefentry"> + <span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3) + </span>, + <span class="citerefentry"> + <span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3) + </span> + </p> + </div> + +</div></body> +</html> |