Document the 'rand' application.
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Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 [XX XXX 2000]
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*) New 'rand' application for creating pseudo-random output.
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[Bodo Moeller]
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*) Added configuration support for Linux/IA64
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[Rolf Haberrecker <rolf@suse.de>]
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name=p+1;
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if (*n == '\0') break;
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egd=RAND_egd(n);
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egd=RAND_egd(n);
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if (egd > 0) tot+=egd;
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tot+=RAND_load_file(n,1024L*1024L);
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if (last) break;
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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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rand - generate pseudo-random bytes
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<openssl rand>
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[B<-out> I<file>]
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[B<-rand> I<file(s)>
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[B<-base64>]
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I<num>
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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The B<rand> command outputs I<num> pseudo-random bytes after seeding
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the random number generater once. As in other B<openssl> command
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line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file I<$HOME/>B<.rnd> or B<.rnd>
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in addition to the files given in the B<-rand> option. A new
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I<$HOME>/B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> file will be written back if enough
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seeding was obtained from these sources.
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=head1 OPTIONS
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=over 4
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=item B<-out> I<file>
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Write to I<file> instead of standard output.
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=item B<-rand> I<file(s)>
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Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>)
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for seeding the random number generator.
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Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
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The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
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all others.
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=item B<-base64>
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Perform base64 encoding on the output.
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=back
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=cut
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