Get-Random

re: Get-Random

Martin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:54:55 GMT

Hi Jeffrey,

here you got one bit - what about cmdlet for handling reparse points (junction, mounting points, probably symlinks\hardlinks in Vista)??? If you will implement it, please please dont do it only for Vista, but also for XP...

Thanks,

Martin

re: Get-Random

Johannes Rössel — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:12:46 GMT

Any info on which RNG is behind that cmdlet?

re: Get-Random

clark — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:38:43 GMT

In the detailed description you need to change "unsigned integer" to "signed integer".

re: Get-Random

Marco Shaw — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:45:46 GMT

@Johannes,

I'd simply look at the details of System.Random from the .NET 2.0 Framework.

re: Get-Random

dreeschkind — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:43:33 GMT

Does V2 also include Set-Random so I'll finally be able to win the lottery? :)

greetings

dreeschkind

re: Get-Random

Simon Buchan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:27:04 GMT

I assume the no seed version keeps one System.Random object around instead of recreating each invoke? If I remember correctly, Random is seeded with GetTickCount(), meaning you would get the same values back until the next msec.

Generating Random Dates

Shay Levi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:14:23 GMT

One of the new cmdlets in PowerShell CTP2 is Get-Random . Get-Random gets a random number or selects