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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-26 16:38:00 -0400 |
| commit | 97d5c458cfa039d857301e1ca7d5af3beb37131d (patch) | |
| tree | b460cd850d0537eb71806ba30358840377b27688 /static/inferno/man2/security-random.2 | |
| parent | b89dc2331a50c63f8b33272a5c4c61ab98abdaa3 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/inferno/man2/security-random.2 b/static/inferno/man2/security-random.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60ff3f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/inferno/man2/security-random.2 @@ -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) |