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+.\" Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
+.\" REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+.\" AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
+.\" INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
+.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
+.\" OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
+.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.\" $Id$
+.\"
+.hy 0
+.ad l
+.\" Title: genrandom
+.\" Author:
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: Feb 19, 2009
+.\" Manual: BIND9
+.\" Source: BIND9
+.\"
+.TH "GENRANDOM" "8" "Feb 19, 2009" "BIND9" "BIND9"
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.SH "NAME"
+genrandom \- generate a file containing random data
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP 10
+\fBgenrandom\fR [\fB\-n\ \fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR] {\fIsize\fR} {\fIfilename\fR}
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBgenrandom\fR
+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.
+.SH "ARGUMENTS"
+.PP
+\-n \fInumber\fR
+.RS 4
+In place of generating one file, generates
+\fBnumber\fR
+(from 2 to 9) files, appending
+\fBnumber\fR
+to the name.
+.RE
+.PP
+size
+.RS 4
+The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
+.RE
+.PP
+filename
+.RS 4
+The file name into which random data should be written.
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBrand\fR(3),
+\fBarc4random\fR(3)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+Internet Systems Consortium
+.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+Copyright \(co 2009\-2011 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.br
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