> > > Now add strace to those commands. Do you see the problem? > > Nope, works as expected: > You have different libs than we all have. Ours shows: > | open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY) = 3 > | read(3, "\34\344C\242", 4) = 4 > | close(3) = 0
Oh wait! Yes, I now see what you mean. Indeed glibc seems to fetch bytes from urandom each invocation. Thanks for your support! Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail is a versatile tool for watching logfiles and output of commands. Filtering, coloring, merging, diff-view, etc. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org