genrandom - generate a file containing random data
genrandom [-n number] {size} {filename}
GENRANDOM(8) BIND9 GENRANDOM(8) NAME genrandom - generate a file containing random data SYNOPSIS genrandom [-n number] {size} {filename} DESCRIPTION genrandom generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands on systems with no random device. ARGUMENTS -n number In place of generating one file, generates number (from 2 to 9) files, appending number to the name. size The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate. filename The file name into which random data should be written. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | network/dns/bind | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Uncommitted | +---------------+------------------+ SEE ALSO rand(3), arc4random(3) AUTHOR Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2009-2011, 2014-2016 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") NOTES This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.10.6-P1/bind-9.10.6-P1.tar.gz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.isc.org/software/bind/. ISC 2011-08-08 GENRANDOM(8)