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NAME
    Crypt::Salt - Module for generating a salt to be fed into crypt.

SYNOPSIS
      use Crypt::Salt;
  
      print crypt( "secret", salt() );

DESCRIPTION
    The single exported subroutine in this module is for generating a salt
    suitable for being fed to crypt() and other similar functions.

BUGS
    Please let the author know if any are caught

AUTHOR
            Jonathan Steinert
            [email protected]

COPYRIGHT
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

    The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
    with this module.

SEE ALSO
    perl(1).

  salt
     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.
     Returns   : A string of random characters suitable for use when being passed to the crypt() function