[#RAND_seed]
= RAND_seed
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Mix `num` bytes from `buf` into the PRNG (equivalent to RAND_add with full entropy).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/rand.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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void
RAND_seed(
    void const* buf,
    int num);
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== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *buf*
| Bytes to mix into the generator state.
| *num*
| Number of bytes at `buf;` treated as `num` bytes of randomness.
|===


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