On 22 Sep 1998 22:28:22 -0400 "Perry E. Metzger" wrote: > X srandom(getpid() ^ ~getuid() ^ (int)time(NULL)); FWIW, I use both seconds and microseconds from a gettimeofday() call rather than just seconds from time(). Just a little more randomness, but maybe overkill in this application. Simon.