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1*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
2*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerc: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.
3*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerLong: egd-file
5*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerArg: <file>
6*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerHelp: EGD socket path for random data
7*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerProtocols: TLS
8*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCategory: deprecated
9*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAdded: 7.7
10*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMulti: single
11*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee-also:
12*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - random-file
13*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerExample:
14*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - --egd-file /random/here $URL
15*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
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17*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker# `--egd-file`
18*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
19*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerDeprecated option (added in 7.84.0). Prior to that it only had an effect on
20*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workercurl if built to use old versions of OpenSSL.
21*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
22*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSpecify the path name to the Entropy Gathering Daemon socket. The socket is
23*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerused to seed the random engine for SSL connections.
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