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+.\" 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/.
+.\"
+.hy 0
+.ad l
+'\" t
+.\" Title: genrandom
+.\" Author:
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 2011-08-08
+.\" Manual: BIND9
+.\" Source: ISC
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "GENRANDOM" "8" "2011\-08\-08" "ISC" "BIND9"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
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+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+.nh
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+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+genrandom \- generate a file containing random data
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBgenrandom\fR\ 'u
+\fBgenrandom\fR [\fB\-n\ \fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR] {\fIsize\fR} {\fIfilename\fR}
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBgenrandom\fR
+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\&.
+.SH "ARGUMENTS"
+.PP
+\-n \fInumber\fR
+.RS 4
+In place of generating one file, generates
+\fBnumber\fR
+(from 2 to 9) files, appending
+\fBnumber\fR
+to the name\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+size
+.RS 4
+The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+filename
+.RS 4
+The file name into which random data should be written\&.
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBrand\fR(3),
+\fBarc4random\fR(3)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+\fBInternet Systems Consortium, Inc\&.\fR
+.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.br
+Copyright \(co 2009-2011, 2014-2016, 2018, 2019 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.br