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)