Re: openssl rand question

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On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 10:56, Marvin Blackburn wrote:
> When trying to generate a file of psuedo random numbers the following
> command does not work:
> openssl rand -out a_file.txt 5000
> 
> however the following does
> openssl rand 5000 > a_file.txt
> 
> why does the -out switch not work?

Does ~/.rnd already exist?  If not, try using the "-rand <seedfile>"
option as well, works fine for me.

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Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net


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