getpass(3c) — SysV 1.1-06





   getpass(3C)         (C Programming Language Utilities)          getpass(3C)


   NAME
         getpass - read a password

   SYNOPSIS
         #include <stdlib.h>

         char *getpass (const char *prompt);

   DESCRIPTION
         getpass reads up to a newline or EOF from the file /dev/tty, after
         prompting on the standard error output with the null-terminated
         string prompt and disabling echoing.  A pointer is returned to a
         null-terminated string of at most 8 characters.  If /dev/tty cannot
         be opened, a NULL pointer is returned.  An interrupt will terminate
         input and send an interrupt signal to the calling program before
         returning.

   FILES
         /dev/tty

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






























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