Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:06:00 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: jolp@peerlogic.com Cc: questions@freebsd.com Subject: Re: Where's random? Message-ID: <199605162206.WAA18926@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19ab1fe0@peerlogic.com> (jolp@peerlogic.com)
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> I have a need to produce random results. I happened to run
> 'man random' and found that the system has a man page for the
> util, but I've searched the system everywhere for the thing
> and can't find it.
It's in /usr/games, so you won't have it unless you've installed the
games distribution.
> It doesn't seem to be located on your web or ftp server either. Can
> you help me find it? Thanks in advance, JO
It'll be in dists/games under wherever the 2.1.0 RELEASE lives.
Download all the files there (games.a? and install.sh), then run the
install.sh script as root in the /usr directory.
By the way, the numbers it generates are random enough for playing
games, but probably not good enough for serious stuff like scientific
work, so you'll probably need something a bit more rigorous if that's
the case. (This is a common failing among random number generators,
BTW).
If you're just using it for fun, it'll be OK, though.
--
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
jraynard@dial.pipex.com
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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