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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2003-05-10 06:48:30 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2003-05-10 06:48:30 +0000 |
| commit | 07619a86add332e3ffeb9ab63f92516f2c657529 (patch) | |
| tree | 325d81ccabf2b6029f39fe8c5eeeedf387a02847 /lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | |
| parent | typos; (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-07619a86add332e3ffeb9ab63f92516f2c657529.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-07619a86add332e3ffeb9ab63f92516f2c657529.zip | |
typos;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/random.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index 3d4545651bb..b98917a4427 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.14 2001/09/06 15:04:34 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.15 2003/05/10 06:48:30 jmc Exp $ .\" .Dd April 19, 1991 .Dt RANDOM 3 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing a default table of size 31 long integers to return successive pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to (2**31)\-1. The period of this random number generator is very large, approximately -16*((2**31)\-1. +16*((2**31)\-1). .Pp The .Fn random @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ and .Fn srandom functions have (almost) the same calling sequence and initialization properties as -.Xr rand 3 Ns / Xr srand 3 . +.Xr rand 3 Ns / Ns Xr srand 3 . The difference is that .Xr rand produces a much less random sequence \(em in fact, the low dozen bits @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ as the seed. .Pp The .Fn srandomdev -routine initialize a state array using the +routine initializes a state array using the .Xr arandom 4 random number device which returns good random numbers, suitable for cryptographic use. |