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--- Libc/Libc-262/stdlib/rand.3
+++ Libc/Libc-583/stdlib/rand.3
@@ -34,29 +34,37 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rand.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3,v 1.12 2001/09/07 14:46:36 asmodai Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/rand.3,v 1.14 2003/09/08 19:57:15 ru Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 25, 1999
.Dt RAND 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rand ,
+.Nm rand_r ,
.Nm srand ,
-.Nm sranddev ,
-.Nm rand_r
+.Nm sranddev
.Nd bad random number generator
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo rand
+.Fa void
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo rand_r
+.Fa "unsigned *seed"
+.Fc
.Ft void
-.Fn srand "unsigned seed"
+.Fo srand
+.Fa "unsigned seed"
+.Fc
.Ft void
-.Fn sranddev void
-.Ft int
-.Fn rand void
-.Ft int
-.Fn rand_r "unsigned *ctx"
+.Fo sranddev
+.Fa void
+.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
These interfaces are obsoleted by
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@
of 0 to
.Dv RAND_MAX
(as defined by the header file
-.Aq Pa stdlib.h ) .
+.In stdlib.h ) .
.Pp
The
.Fn srand
@@ -89,16 +97,18 @@
.Pp
The
.Fn sranddev
-function initializes a seed using the
+function initializes a seed, using the
.Xr random 4
random number device which returns good random numbers,
suitable for cryptographic use.
.Pp
+The
.Fn rand_r
+function
provides the same functionality as
.Fn rand .
A pointer to the context value
-.Fa ctx
+.Fa seed
must be supplied by the caller.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr random 3 ,