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+<!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 -->
+<refentry xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="man.genrandom">
+ <info>
+ <date>2011-08-08</date>
+ </info>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <corpname>ISC</corpname>
+ <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
+ <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <docinfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <year>2010</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2014</year>
+ <year>2015</year>
+ <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2018</year>
+ <year>2019</year>
+ <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </docinfo>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
+ <command>genrandom</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>genrandom</command>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>ARGUMENTS</title></info>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In place of generating one file, generates <option>number</option>
+ (from 2 to 9) files, appending <option>number</option> to the name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>size</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>filename</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The file name into which random data should be written.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsection>
+
+ <refsection><info><title>SEE ALSO</title></info>
+
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsection>
+
+</refentry>