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diff --git a/man3/drand48_r.3 b/man3/drand48_r.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..146fed4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/drand48_r.3 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2003 Walter Harms, 2004 Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>. +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" Created 2004-10-31. Text taken from a page by Walter Harms, 2003-09-08 +.\" +.TH drand48_r 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +drand48_r, erand48_r, lrand48_r, nrand48_r, mrand48_r, jrand48_r, +srand48_r, seed48_r, lcong48_r +\- generate uniformly distributed pseudo-random numbers reentrantly +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <stdlib.h> +.PP +.BI "int drand48_r(struct drand48_data *restrict " buffer , +.BI " double *restrict " result ); +.BI "int erand48_r(unsigned short " xsubi [3] "," +.BI " struct drand48_data *restrict "buffer , +.BI " double *restrict " result ");" +.PP +.BI "int lrand48_r(struct drand48_data *restrict " buffer , +.BI " long *restrict " result ); +.BI "int nrand48_r(unsigned short " xsubi[3] "," +.BI " struct drand48_data *restrict "buffer , +.BI " long *restrict " result ");" +.PP +.BI "int mrand48_r(struct drand48_data *restrict " buffer , +.BI " long *restrict " result ");" +.BI "int jrand48_r(unsigned short " xsubi[3] "," +.BI " struct drand48_data *restrict " buffer , +.BI " long *restrict " result ");" +.PP +.BI "int srand48_r(long int " seedval ", struct drand48_data *" buffer ");" +.BI "int seed48_r(unsigned short " seed16v[3] ", struct drand48_data *" buffer ); +.BI "int lcong48_r(unsigned short " param[7] ", struct drand48_data *" buffer ); +.fi +.PP +.RS -4 +Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see +.BR feature_test_macros (7)): +.RE +.PP +All functions shown above: +.\" .BR drand48_r (), +.\" .BR erand48_r (), +.\" .BR lrand48_r (), +.\" .BR nrand48_r (), +.\" .BR mrand48_r (), +.\" .BR jrand48_r (), +.\" .BR srand48_r (), +.\" .BR seed48_r (), +.\" .BR lcong48_r (): +.nf + /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE + || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions are the reentrant analogs of the functions described in +.BR drand48 (3). +Instead of modifying the global random generator state, they use +the supplied data +.IR buffer . +.PP +Before the first use, this struct must be initialized, for example, +by filling it with zeros, or by calling one of the functions +.BR srand48_r (), +.BR seed48_r (), +or +.BR lcong48_r (). +.SH RETURN VALUE +The return value is 0. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR drand48_r (), +.BR erand48_r (), +.BR lrand48_r (), +.BR nrand48_r (), +.BR mrand48_r (), +.BR jrand48_r (), +.BR srand48_r (), +.BR seed48_r (), +.BR lcong48_r () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe race:buffer +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +GNU. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR drand48 (3), +.BR rand (3), +.BR random (3) |