Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:35:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jolp@peerlogic.com Subject: Re: Where's random? Message-ID: <199605161735.RAA00595@CoDe.CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <19ab1fe0@peerlogic.com> from "jolp" at May 15, 96 09:41:01 pm
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> > > help, > > 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 Wasn't it the manual of random(3)? - it's a C-library function, and not a command, as the (3) says. Doesn't mind, use the RANDOM variable of ksh/bash (maybe sh (ash)?) eg, this script will generate some ``semirandom'' integers: #!/usr/local/bin/ksh while true: do echo $RANDOM done -- Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- Earth is the cradle of human sense, but you can't stay in the cradle forever. Tsiolkovsky
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