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1NAME
2 Crypt::Salt - Module for generating a salt to be fed into crypt.
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4SYNOPSIS
5 use Crypt::Salt;
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7 print crypt( "secret", salt() );
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9DESCRIPTION
10 The single exported subroutine in this module is for generating a salt
11 suitable for being fed to crypt() and other similar functions.
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13BUGS
14 Please let the author know if any are caught
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16AUTHOR
17 Jonathan Steinert
18 hachi@cpan.org
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20COPYRIGHT
21 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
22 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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24 The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
25 with this module.
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27SEE ALSO
28 perl(1).
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30 salt
31 Argument : The first argument as passed will be used in numeric context as a count of how many characters you want returned in the salt, the default is 2. All other arguments are ignored.
32 Returns : A string of random characters suitable for use when being passed to the crypt() function
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