Long: random-file Arg: Help: File for reading random data from Category: misc Example: --random-file rubbish $URL Added: 7.7 See-also: egd-file --- Deprecated option. This option is ignored by curl since 7.84.0. Prior to that it only had an effect on curl if built to use old versions of OpenSSL. Specify the path name to file containing what will be considered as random data. The data may be used to seed the random engine for SSL connections.