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gnutls_rnd(3) gnutlsgnutls_rnd(3)gnutls_rnd - API function
#include <gnutls/crypto.h>int gnutls_rnd(gnutls_rnd_level_tlevel, void *data, size_tlen);
gnutls_rnd_level_t level a security level void * data place to store random bytes size_t len The requested size
This function will generate random data and store it to output buffer. The value oflevel should be one ofGNUTLS_RND_NONCE,GNUTLS_RND_RANDOMandGNUTLS_RND_KEY. See the manual andgnutls_rnd_level_tfor detailed information. This function is thread-safe and also fork-safe.
Zero on success, or a negative error code on error.
2.12.0
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