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  20 <refentry id="man.genrandom">
  21   <refentryinfo>
  22     <date>August 08, 2011</date>
  23   </refentryinfo>
  24
  25   <refmeta>
  26     <refentrytitle><application>genrandom</application></refentrytitle>
  27     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  28     <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  29   </refmeta>
  30
  31   <refnamediv>
  32     <refname><application>genrandom</application></refname>
  33     <refpurpose>generate a file containing random data</refpurpose>
  34   </refnamediv>
  35
  36   <docinfo>
  37     <copyright>
  38       <year>2009</year>
  39       <year>2010</year>
  40       <year>2011</year>
  41       <year>2014</year>
  42       <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
  43     </copyright>
  44   </docinfo>
  45
  46   <refsynopsisdiv>
  47     <cmdsynopsis>
  48       <command>genrandom</command>
  49       <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></option></arg>
  50       <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable></arg>
  51       <arg choice="req"><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></arg>
  52     </cmdsynopsis>
  53   </refsynopsisdiv>
  54
  55   <refsect1>
  56     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  57     <para>
  58       <command>genrandom</command>
  59       generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
  60       of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
  61       other commands on systems with no random device.
  62     </para>
  63   </refsect1>
  64
  65   <refsect1>
  66     <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
  67     <variablelist>
  68       <varlistentry>
  69         <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">number</replaceable></term>
  70         <listitem>
  71           <para>
  72             In place of generating one file, generates <option>number</option>
  73             (from 2 to 9) files, appending <option>number</option> to the name.
  74           </para>
  75         </listitem>
  76       </varlistentry>
  77
  78       <varlistentry>
  79         <term>size</term>
  80         <listitem>
  81           <para>
  82             The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
  83           </para>
  84         </listitem>
  85       </varlistentry>
  86
  87       <varlistentry>
  88         <term>filename</term>
  89         <listitem>
  90           <para>
  91             The file name into which random data should be written.
  92           </para>
  93         </listitem>
  94       </varlistentry>
  95     </variablelist>
  96   </refsect1>
  97
  98   <refsect1>
  99     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 100     <para>
 101       <citerefentry>
 102         <refentrytitle>rand</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
 103       </citerefentry>,
 104       <citerefentry>
 105         <refentrytitle>arc4random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
 106       </citerefentry>
 107     </para>
 108   </refsect1>
 109
 110   <refsect1>
 111     <title>AUTHOR</title>
 112     <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
 113     </para>
 114   </refsect1>
 115
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