There are several ways to conveniently generate random data on Unix systems. One popular way is to make use of Perl’s rand function. Another is to employ the /dev/random or /dev/urandom pseudodevice ...

This is all on Tru64.<P>There are a couple of things that I would like to know, this thread will probably end up being something like "hanser's perpetual Unix newbieness thread" or some bollocks like ...