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From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Uptime and entropy in DOS |
Date: | Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:55:24 +0200 |
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Damian Yerrick wrote: > > Is it possible to get the uptime of a DOS system? I need more entropy > than the 32 bits I get from time(NULL) to initialize a pseudorandom > number generator. Did you try `uclock' or `gettiomeofday'? It's in the FAQ (section 22.23).
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