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=head1 NAME

RAND_egd - Query entropy gathering daemon

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/rand.h>

 int RAND_egd(const char *path);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

RAND_egd() queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket B<path>.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

RAND_egd() returns the number of bytes read from the daemon on
success, and -1 if the connection failed or the daemon did not return
enough data to fully seed the PRNG.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<rand(3)|rand(3)>, L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_cleanup(3)|RAND_cleanup(3)>

=head1 HISTORY

RAND_egd() is available since OpenSSL 0.9.5.

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