Tinderbox UserandMatthijs Mekking
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Michal caught at the last moment that a CHANGES entry did not have a GitLab issue/mr reference. This check was omitted from the release process documentation. The wiki is updated and the CHANGES file is updated in this commit.
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<h2>Name</h2>
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<p><span class="application">genrandom</span> — generate a file containing random data</p>
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">genrandom</code> [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></code>] {<em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>} {<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>}</p></div>
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<a name="id-1.14.33.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<span class="command"><strong>genrandom</strong></span>
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generates a file or a set of files containing a specified quantity
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of pseudo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for
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<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></span></dt>
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In place of generating one file, generates <code class="option">number</code>
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(from 2 to 9) files, appending <code class="option">number</code> to the name.
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<dt><span class="term">size</span></dt>
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The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.
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The file name into which random data should be written.
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<a name="id-1.14.33.9"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rand</span>(3)</span>,
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">arc4random</span>(3)</span>
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