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diff --git a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man1/rand.pod b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man1/rand.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5dd9e8e0a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man1/rand.pod @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +openssl-rand, +rand - generate pseudo-random bytes + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl rand> +[B<-help>] +[B<-out> I<file>] +[B<-rand file...>] +[B<-writerand file>] +[B<-base64>] +[B<-hex>] +I<num> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<rand> command outputs I<num> pseudo-random bytes after seeding +the random number generator once. As in other B<openssl> 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<-help> + +Print out a usage message. + +=item B<-out file> + +Write to I<file> instead of standard output. + +=item B<-rand file...> + +A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator. +Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + +=item [B<-writerand file>] + +Writes random data to the specified I<file> upon exit. +This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag. + +=item B<-base64> + +Perform base64 encoding on the output. + +=item B<-hex> + +Show the output as a hex string. + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<RAND_bytes(3)> + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at +L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. + +=cut |