Re: dd if=/dev/random of=data.bin bs=512 count=1

[Jon]

Hello KOSAKI,

Thank you for your reply.

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Issuing this command, I expected to get a file 4096 bytes in size.
> > Could someone let me know if I have missed something..? Or is there a
> > problem with using /dev/random this way?
> >
> > if I have a count=10 it hangs forever (several hours).
> >
> > Changing to use /dev/urandom and it generates the file ok.
>
> you already have the answer. /dev/random might blocked, /dev/urandom doesn't.

Is this a "feature" of /dev/random ? ..it does not seem very useful to 
have it able to block for so long.

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Best regards, Jon
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