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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-07-05 10:58:48 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-07-16 19:20:45 -0400
commit3ee1eac27a2e3120fbdc60e12db091c082b8de21 (patch)
treec34ee07aa725e2019dbce1f7621702eb2bb5fd69 /doc/man1/ts.pod
parente90fc053c33a2241004451cfdeecfbf3cbdeb728 (diff)
Standardize apps use of -rand, etc.
Standardized the -rand flag and added a new one: -rand file... Always reads the specified files -writerand file Always writes to the file on exit For apps that use a config file, the RANDFILE config parameter reads the file at startup (to seed the RNG) and write to it on exit if the -writerand flag isn't used. Ensured that every app that took -rand also took -writerand, and made sure all of that agreed with all the documentation. Fix error reporting in write_file and -rand Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3862)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/ts.pod b/doc/man1/ts.pod
index c04a623785..56ace24817 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ts.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ts.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ts - Time Stamping Authority tool (client/server)
B<openssl> B<ts>
B<-query>
-[B<-rand> file:file...]
+[B<-rand file...>]
+[B<-writerand file>]
[B<-config> configfile]
[B<-data> file_to_hash]
[B<-digest> digest_bytes]
@@ -131,11 +132,18 @@ request with the following options:
=over 4
-=item B<-rand> file:file...
+=item B<-rand file...>
-The files containing random data for seeding the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified, the separator is B<;> for
-MS-Windows, B<,> for VMS and B<:> for all other platforms. (Optional)
+A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
+generator.
+Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
+all others.
+
+=item [B<-writerand file>]
+
+Writes random data to the specified I<file> upon exit.
+This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag.
=item B<-config> configfile