From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 20:14:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA03681 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 20:14:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA03621 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 20:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id aa05362; 17 May 96 1:40 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa28072; 17 May 96 1:40 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA18926; Thu, 16 May 1996 22:06:00 GMT Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:06:00 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199605162206.WAA18926@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: jolp@peerlogic.com CC: questions@freebsd.com In-reply-to: <19ab1fe0@peerlogic.com> (jolp@peerlogic.com) Subject: Re: Where's random? Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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