Feb 19, 2009
genrandom 8 BIND9
genrandom generate a file containing random data
2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
`genrandom` size filename

## DESCRIPTION

`genrandom` generates a file containing a specified quantity of psuedo-random data, which can be used as a source of entropy for other commands on systems with no random device.

## ARGUMENTS

size

  The size of the file, in kilobytes, to generate.

domain

  The file name into which random data should be written.

## SEE ALSO

rand 3 , arc4random 3

## AUTHOR

Internet Systems Consortium