2 * magic.c - PPP Magic Number routines.
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21 static char rcsid[] = "$Id: magic.c,v 1.4 1995/04/24 05:57:01 paulus Exp $";
25 #include <sys/types.h>
31 static u_int32_t next; /* Next value to return */
33 extern int gethostid __P((void));
34 extern long mrand48 __P((void));
35 extern void srand48 __P((long));
39 * magic_init - Initialize the magic number generator.
41 * Attempts to compute a random number seed which will not repeat.
42 * The current method uses the current hostid and current time, currently.
49 seed = gethostid() ^ time(NULL);
54 * magic - Returns the next magic number.
59 return (u_int32_t) mrand48();
64 * Substitute procedures for those systems which don't have
71 return (double)random() / (double)0x7fffffffL; /* 2**31-1 */
84 srandom((int)seedval);