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Date: 	Wed, 24 May 2000 08:51:34 +0300
From: Ville Herva <vherva AT niksula DOT hut DOT fi>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: /dev/random
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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 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.

Lol. I guess you should have said for completeness:

"The Linux and Cygwin implementations are comparable with e.g. diff(1)."


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