OpenSSL::Random.write_random_file

(::String filename) -> true

write_random_file(filename) → true

ext/openssl/ossl_rand.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE
ossl_rand_write_file(VALUE self, VALUE filename)
{
    if (RAND_write_file(StringValueCStr(filename)) == -1) {
        ossl_raise(eRandomError, NULL);
    }
    return Qtrue;
}

Writes a number of random generated bytes (currently 1024) to filename which can be used to initialize the PRNG by calling ::load_random_file in a later session.

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