From ea648e70a989cca190cd7403fe892fd2dcc290b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 20:37:14 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- bin/tools/genrandom.8 | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bin/tools/genrandom.8 (limited to 'bin/tools/genrandom.8') diff --git a/bin/tools/genrandom.8 b/bin/tools/genrandom.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f946510 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/tools/genrandom.8 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" 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 +.\" Date: 2011-08-08 +.\" Manual: BIND9 +.\" Source: ISC +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "GENRANDOM" "8" "2011\-08\-08" "ISC" "BIND9" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.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 -- cgit v1.2.3