getpass(3C) — sys5 — Apollo Domain/OS SR10.3.5

GETPASS(3C)                          SysV                          GETPASS(3C)



NAME
     getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
     char *getpass (prompt)
     char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
     getpass displays the null terminated string prompt on the standard error
     output, disables echoing, and then reads up to a newline or EOF from the
     file /dev/tty.  It returns a pointer to a null terminated string of at
     most 8 characters.  If /dev/tty cannot be opened, it returns a NULL
     pointer.  An interrupt will terminate input and send an interrupt signal
     to the calling program before returning.

NOTES
     The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by
     each call.

     getpass uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to increase the size of programs
     not otherwise using standard I/O more than might be expected.

FILES
     /dev/tty
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