Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:51:34 +0300 From: Ville Herva To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: /dev/random Message-ID: <20000524085134.B115623@niksula.cs.hut.fi> References: <200005170441.AAA13470@sparta.apmaths.uwo.ca> <20000517004839.B998@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <20000517004839.B998@cygnus.com> On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:48:39AM -0400, you [Chris Faylor] claimed: > On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:41:41AM -0400, jeromeb@sparta.apmaths.uwo.ca wrote: > >Bonjour, > > > >where can we get detailed information about the new Cygwin device /dev/random: > >precisely, is it comparable to its Linux brother ? > > Detailed information is readily available in the file fhandler_random.cc . > The characters in that file precisely define the implementation. Lol. I guess you should have said for completeness: "The Linux and Cygwin implementations are comparable with e.g. diff(1)." -- v -- v@iki.fi -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com