From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Uptime and entropy in DOS
Date:	Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:55:24 +0200
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Damian Yerrick wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to get the uptime of a DOS system?  I need more entropy
> than the 32 bits I get from time(NULL) to initialize a pseudorandom
> number generator.

Did you try `uclock' or `gettiomeofday'?  It's in the FAQ (section 22.23).

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