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   Mike Spencer to Rich   
   Re: Where is rand(1)?   
   08 Jun 24 01:33:24   
   
   From: mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere   
      
   Rich  writes:   
      
   > Mike Spencer  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> My stock install of Slack 15 has a manpage  for rand(1) AKA   
   >> openssl-rand(1) but no executables under those names.   
   >>   
   >> Where is rand(1)?   
   >   
   > It does not exist as a stand alone executable under the name 'rand'.   
   > As you can see from the 'rand' man page, 'rand' is a subcommand of the   
   > openssl command:   
   >   
   > SYNOPSIS   
   >        openssl rand [-help] [-out file] [-rand file...]  [-writerand file]   
   >        [-base64] [-hex] num   
      
   Just so.  TYVM.  Yes, I RTFM and didn't get it.  I must be even slower   
   than usual.   
      
   Tnx,   
   --   
   Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada   
      
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