From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:08:49 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
      
   > Michael Sanders  writes:   
   >>On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:18:19 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> There's number sequence generators that produce 0 sequences if seeded   
   >>> with 0. And maybe the comment in 'man 3 rand', "If no seed value is   
   >>> provided, the rand() function is automatically seeded with a value   
   >>> of 1.", may have fostered his doubt.   
   >>   
   >>Janis - naive question for you...   
   >>   
   >>How do I bring up *posix only* man pages using 3?   
   >>   
   >>I see no difference when invoking any of:   
   >>   
   >>man 3 srand   
   >>or: man 3 posix srand   
   >>or: man posix 3 srand   
   >>   
   >>What I'm doing wrong here?   
   >   
   > You're looking in the wrong place.   
   >   
   > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/   
   >   
   > Select  in the top left frame,   
   > select (3) in the subsequent bottom left frame and   
   > select the interface name in the bottom left frame. The   
   > manual page will be in the right frame.   
   >   
   > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/rand.html   
      
   Thank you Scott.   
      
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