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+/**
+ *  \brief Generate random data into a file
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2010, Brainspark B.V.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of PolarSSL (http://www.polarssl.org)
+ *  Lead Maintainer: Paul Bakker <polarssl_maintainer at polarssl.org>
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "polarssl/config.h"
+#include "polarssl/havege.h"
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
+{
+    FILE *f;
+    time_t t;
+    int i, j, k;
+    havege_state hs;
+    unsigned char buf[1024];
+
+    if( argc < 2 )
+    {
+        fprintf( stderr, "usage: %s <output filename>\n", argv[0] );
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+
+    if( ( f = fopen( argv[1], "wb+" ) ) == NULL )
+    {
+        printf( "failed to open '%s' for writing.\n", argv[0] );
+        return( 1 );
+    }
+
+    havege_init( &hs );
+
+    t = time( NULL );
+
+    for( i = 0, k = 768; i < k; i++ )
+    {
+        for( j = 0; j < (int) sizeof( buf ); j++ )
+            buf[j] = havege_rand( &hs );
+
+        fwrite( buf, sizeof( buf ), 1, f );
+
+        printf( "Generating 32Mb of data in file '%s'... %04.1f" \
+                "%% done\r", argv[1], (100 * (float) (i + 1)) / k );
+        fflush( stdout );
+    }
+
+    if( t == time( NULL ) )
+        t--;
+
+    fclose( f );
+    return( 0 );
+}