/* $Id: example.c,v 1.1.1.1 2008/01/06 03:24:00 holger Exp $ */ #if HAVE_CONFIG_H #include #endif /* HAVE_CONFIG_H */ #include #include /* For free(3). */ #include "system.h" int main(void) { FILE *fp; char *buf; unsigned int random; if ((fp = fopen("/dev/urandom", "r")) == NULL && (fp = fopen("/dev/random", "r")) == NULL) { perror("Cannot open random device"); return 1; } if (fread(&random, sizeof(random), 1, fp) != 1) { (void)fputs("Cannot read random device.", stderr); return 1; } if (fclose(fp) != 0) { perror("Cannot close random device"); return 1; } /* We never heard of printf(3), so we use asprintf(3)/puts(3) :-) */ if (asprintf(&buf, "Random %zu-bit integer: %#.*x", sizeof(random) * 8, (int)sizeof(random) * 2, random) < 0) { perror("asprintf(3) failed"); return 1; } (void)puts(buf); free(buf); return 0; }