2 * magic.c - PPP Magic Number routines.
4 * Copyright (c) 1989 Carnegie Mellon University.
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20 #pragma ident "%Z%%M% %I% %E% SMI"
21 #define RCSID "$Id: magic.c,v 1.9 1999/08/13 06:46:15 paulus Exp $"
26 #include <sys/types.h>
32 static const char rcsid
[] = RCSID
;
35 long mrand48
__P((void));
36 void srand48
__P((long));
40 * magic_init - Initialize the magic number generator.
42 * Attempts to compute a random number seed which will not repeat.
43 * The current method uses the current hostid, current process ID
44 * and current time, currently.
52 (void) gettimeofday(&t
, NULL
);
53 seed
= get_host_seed() ^ t
.tv_sec
^ t
.tv_usec
^ getpid();
58 * magic - Returns the next magic number.
63 return (u_int32_t
) mrand48();
68 * Substitute procedures for those systems which don't have
75 return (double)random() / (double)0x7fffffffL
; /* 2**31-1 */
88 srandom((int)seedval
);