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Read the specified `numBytes` from the system random number generator into the specified `buffer`. Returns 0 on success, non‐zero otherwise. Note that this method may block if called repeatedly or if `numBytes` is high.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_randomdevice.h>`

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static
int
getRandomBytes(
    unsigned char* buffer,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/RandomDevice/size_t.adoc[size_t] numBytes);
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