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@deftypefun {int} {gnutls_rnd} (gnutls_rnd_level_t @var{level}, void * @var{data}, size_t @var{len})
@var{level}: a security level

@var{data}: place to store random bytes

@var{len}: The requested size

This function will generate random data and store it to output
buffer. The value of  @code{level} should be one of @code{GNUTLS_RND_NONCE} ,
@code{GNUTLS_RND_RANDOM}  and @code{GNUTLS_RND_KEY} . See the manual and
@code{gnutls_rnd_level_t}  for detailed information.

This function is thread-safe and also fork-safe.

@strong{Returns:} Zero on success, or a negative error code on error.

@strong{Since:} 2.12.0
@end deftypefun