From 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:52:35 +0000 Subject: 20060303-partial --- man/2/security-random | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/2/security-random (limited to 'man/2/security-random') diff --git a/man/2/security-random b/man/2/security-random new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60ff3f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/man/2/security-random @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.TH SECURITY-RANDOM 2 +.SH NAME +random: randomint, randombuf \- +random number generation +.SH SYNOPSIS +.EX +include "security.m"; +random := load Random Random->PATH; + +randomint: fn(which: int): int; +randombuf: fn(which, n: int): array of byte; +.EE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Randomint +and +.B randombuf +return random or not-quite-random data +obtained from +.B /dev/random +or +.BR /dev/notquiterandom . +.B Randomint +returns a random integer; +.B randombuf +returns an array of length +.I n +filled with random bytes. +In both functions, +.I which +may be either +.B ReallyRandom +or +.B NotQuiteRandom +to select the random data source. +.SH FILES +.B /dev/random +.br +.B /dev/notquiterandom +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/lib/random.b +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR rand (2), +.IR cons (3) -- cgit v1.2.3