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Also known as ISC bind. This import adds utilities such as host(1), dig(1), and nslookup(1), as well as many other tools and libraries. Change-Id: I035ca46e64f1965d57019e773f4ff0ef035e4aa3
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72 lines
2.1 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: genrandom.8,v 1.6 2014/12/10 04:37:54 christos Exp $
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.\" Copyright (C) 2009-2011, 2014 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
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.\" REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
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.\" AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
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.\" INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
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.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
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.\" OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
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.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\" Title: genrandom
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.\" Author:
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.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
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.\" Date: August 08, 2011
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.\" Manual: BIND9
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.\" Source: BIND9
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.TH "GENRANDOM" "8" "August 08, 2011" "BIND9" "BIND9"
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.SH "NAME"
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genrandom \- generate a file containing random data
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.HP 10
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\fBgenrandom\fR [\fB\-n\ \fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR] {\fIsize\fR} {\fIfilename\fR}
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.PP
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\fBgenrandom\fR
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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.
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
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.PP
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\-n \fInumber\fR
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.RS 4
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In place of generating one file, generates
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\fBnumber\fR
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(from 2 to 9) files, appending
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\fBnumber\fR
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to the name.
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.RE
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.PP
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size
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.RS 4
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The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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.RE
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.PP
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filename
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.RS 4
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The file name into which random data should be written.
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.RE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.PP
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\fBrand\fR(3),
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\fBarc4random\fR(3)
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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.PP
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Internet Systems Consortium
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2009\-2011, 2014 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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.br
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