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authorUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2000-02-24 20:33:58 +0100
committerUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2000-02-24 20:33:58 +0100
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mention that EGD is used in non-blocking mode.
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod
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@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ EGD is available from http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ (C<perl
Makefile.PL; make; make install> to install). It is run as B<egd>
I<path>, where I<path> is an absolute path designating a socket. When
RAND_egd() is called with that path as an argument, it tries to read
-random bytes that EGD has collected.
+random bytes that EGD has collected. The read is performed in
+non-blocking mode.
=head1 RETURN VALUE