X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/libc.git/blobdiff_plain/e3cf15b684ccf1496b6a682c8d46192674711eb2..9385eb3d10ebe5eb398c52040ec3dbfba9b0cdcf:/stdlib/rand.3 diff --git a/stdlib/rand.3 b/stdlib/rand.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 609c263..0000000 --- a/stdlib/rand.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by -.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information -.\" Processing Systems. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)rand.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3,v 1.12 2001/09/07 14:46:36 asmodai Exp $ -.\" -.Dd May 25, 1999 -.Dt RAND 3 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm rand , -.Nm srand , -.Nm sranddev , -.Nm rand_r -.Nd bad random number generator -.Sh LIBRARY -.Lb libc -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.In stdlib.h -.Ft void -.Fn srand "unsigned seed" -.Ft void -.Fn sranddev void -.Ft int -.Fn rand void -.Ft int -.Fn rand_r "unsigned *ctx" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Bf -symbolic -These interfaces are obsoleted by -.Xr random 3 . -.Ef -.Pp -The -.Fn rand -function computes a sequence of pseudo-random integers in the range -of 0 to -.Dv RAND_MAX -(as defined by the header file -.Aq Pa stdlib.h ) . -.Pp -The -.Fn srand -function sets its argument -.Fa seed -as the seed for a new sequence of -pseudo-random numbers to be returned by -.Fn rand . -These sequences are repeatable by calling -.Fn srand -with the same seed value. -.Pp -If no -.Fa seed -value is provided, the functions are automatically -seeded with a value of 1. -.Pp -The -.Fn sranddev -function initializes a seed using the -.Xr random 4 -random number device which returns good random numbers, -suitable for cryptographic use. -.Pp -.Fn rand_r -provides the same functionality as -.Fn rand . -A pointer to the context value -.Fa ctx -must be supplied by the caller. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr random 3 , -.Xr random 4 -.Sh STANDARDS -The -.Fn rand -and -.Fn srand -functions -conform to -.St -isoC . -.Pp -The -.Fn rand_r -function is as proposed in the POSIX.4a Draft #6 document.