X-Git-Url: https://code.wpia.club/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fopenssl%2Fdoc%2Fapps%2Frand.pod;fp=lib%2Fopenssl%2Fdoc%2Fapps%2Frand.pod;h=d1d213ef43cbd07f1fc885393422049f2f9c3685;hb=9ff1530871deeb0f7eaa35ca0db6630724045e4a;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=25b73076b01ae059da1a2e9a1677e00788ada620;p=cassiopeia.git diff --git a/lib/openssl/doc/apps/rand.pod b/lib/openssl/doc/apps/rand.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1d213e --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/openssl/doc/apps/rand.pod @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +rand - generate pseudo-random bytes + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B +[B<-out> I] +[B<-rand> I] +[B<-base64>] +[B<-hex>] +I + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B command outputs I pseudo-random bytes after seeding +the random number generator once. As in other B command +line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file I<$HOME/>B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> +in addition to the files given in the B<-rand> option. A new +I<$HOME>/B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> file will be written back if enough +seeding was obtained from these sources. + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-out> I + +Write to I instead of standard output. + +=item B<-rand> I + +Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L) +for seeding the random number generator. +Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + +=item B<-base64> + +Perform base64 encoding on the output. + +=item B<-hex> + +Show the output as a hex string. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L + +=cut