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.TH "KCAPI_RNG_GET_BYTES" "3" "April 2024" "libkcapi Manual 1\&.4\&.0" "Programming Interface"
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.SH "NAME"
kcapi_rng_get_bytes \- Convenience function to generate random bytes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'ssize_t\ kcapi_rng_get_bytes('u
.BI "ssize_t kcapi_rng_get_bytes(uint8_t\ *\ " "buffer" ", size_t\ " "outlen" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIbuffer\fR
.RS 4
[out] filled with the random number
.RE
.PP
\fIoutlen\fR
.RS 4
[in] buffer length
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This convenience function generates random bytes of the size of outlen and stores them into the provided buffer\&.
.PP
\fIreturn\fR
size of random number generated upon success; \-EIO \- data cannot be obtained
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBStephan Mueller\fR <\&smueller@chronox.de\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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