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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: random-file
5*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerArg: <file>
6*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerHelp: File for reading random data from
7*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCategory: deprecated
8*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAdded: 7.7
9*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerMulti: single
10*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee-also:
11*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - egd-file
12*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerExample:
13*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  - --random-file rubbish $URL
14*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker---
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16*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker# `--random-file`
17*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
18*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerDeprecated option. This option is ignored (added in 7.84.0). Prior to that it
19*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workeronly had an effect on curl if built to use old versions of OpenSSL.
20*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
21*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSpecify the path name to file containing random data. The data may be used to
22*6236dae4SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerseed the random engine for SSL connections.
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