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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 00:48:39 -0400
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: /dev/random
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In-Reply-To: <200005170441.AAA13470@sparta.apmaths.uwo.ca>; from jeromeb@sparta.apmaths.uwo.ca on Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:41:41AM -0400

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:41:41AM -0400, jeromeb AT sparta DOT apmaths DOT uwo DOT 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.

cgf

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