Cannot open file "/dev/urandom" OS Explanation: (errno == 0) Success
    Tomas Hlavaty 
    tom at logand.com
       
    Mon Apr 20 20:13:33 UTC 2015
    
    
  
Hi Jean-Claude,
it is not possible to open /dev/urandom:
   (with-open-file (s "/dev/urandom" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))
     (read-byte s))
   Filesystem error with pathname: "/dev/urandom".
   Cannot open file
   OS Explanation: (errno == 0) Success
      [Condition of type SI:OS-FILE-ERROR]
but this works:
   (with-open-file (s "/etc/passwd" :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))
     (read-byte s))
Thank you,
Tomas
    
    
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