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diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod index 133b8d2311..dd79af28ae 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod @@ -18,8 +18,16 @@ RAND_load_file, RAND_write_file, RAND_file_name - PRNG seed file RAND_file_name() generates a default path for the random seed file. B<buf> points to a buffer of size B<num> in which to store the -filename. The seed file is $RANDFILE if that environment variable is -set, $HOME/.rnd otherwise. If $HOME is not set either, or B<num> is +filename. + +On Windows the seed file is %RANDFILE% if that environment variable is set. +Otherwise the file is called ".rnd" in one of the following locations (in order +of preference): %TMP%, %TEMP%, %USERPROFILE%, %SYSTEMROOT%, %HOME%, "C:". + +On all other systems the seed file is $RANDFILE if that environment variable is +set, $HOME/.rnd otherwise. + +If $HOME (on non Windows systems) is not set either, or B<num> is too small for the path name, an error occurs. RAND_load_file() reads a number of bytes from file B<filename> and |