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  21 <refentry id="man.genrandom">
  22   <refentryinfo>
  23     <date>Feb 19, 2009</date>
  24   </refentryinfo>
  25
  26   <refmeta>
  27     <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
  28     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  29     <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  30   </refmeta>
  31
  32   <refnamediv>
  33     <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
  34     <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
  35   </refnamediv>
  36
  37   <docinfo>
  38     <copyright>
  39       <year>2009</year>
  40       <year>2010</year>
  41       <year>2011</year>
  42       <year>2012</year>
  43       <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
  44     </copyright>
  45   </docinfo>
  46
  47   <refsynopsisdiv>
  48     <cmdsynopsis>
  49       <command>genrandom</command>
  50       <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></option></arg>
  51       <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
  52       <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
  53     </cmdsynopsis>
  54   </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56   <refsect1>
  57     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  58     <para>
  59       <command>genrandom</command>
  60       generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
  61       of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
  62       other commands on systems with no random device.
  63     </para>
  64   </refsect1>
  65
  66   <refsect1>
  67     <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
  68     <variablelist>
  69       <varlistentry>
  70         <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></term>
  71         <listitem>
  72           <para>
  73             In place of generating one file, generates <option>number</option>
  74             (from 2 to 9) files, appending <option>number</option> to the name.
  75           </para>
  76         </listitem>
  77       </varlistentry>
  78
  79       <varlistentry>
  80         <term>size</term>
  81         <listitem>
  82           <para>
  83             The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
  84           </para>
  85         </listitem>
  86       </varlistentry>
  87
  88       <varlistentry>
  89         <term>filename</term>
  90         <listitem>
  91           <para>
  92             The file name into which random data should be written.
  93           </para>
  94         </listitem>
  95       </varlistentry>
  96     </variablelist>
  97   </refsect1>
  98
  99   <refsect1>
 100     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 101     <para>
 102       <citerefentry>
 103         <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
 104       </citerefentry>,
 105       <citerefentry>
 106         <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
 107       </citerefentry>
 108     </para>
 109   </refsect1>
 110
 111   <refsect1>
 112     <title>AUTHOR</title>
 113     <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
 114     </para>
 115   </refsect1>
 116
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