getpass(3C) — sys5



GETPASS(3C)     DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)     GETPASS(3C)



NAME
     getpass - read a password

USAGE
     char *getpass (prompt)
     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.  Getpass
     returns a pointer to a null-terminated string of up to 8
     characters.  If /dev/tty cannot be opened, the call returns
     a NULL pointer.  An interrupt will terminate input and send
     an interrupt signal to the calling program before returning.

NOTES
     This routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to increase the
     size of programs that don't otherwise use standard I/O more
     than you might expect.

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
































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