Reading from /dev/random
Let’s learn how to read from the /dev/random system device.
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In this lesson, we’ll learn how to read from the /dev/random system device. The purpose of the /dev/random system device is to generate random data, which we might use for testing our programs or, in this case, as the seed for a random number generator. Getting data from /dev/random can be a little bit tricky, and this is the main reason for specifically discussing it here. ...