getpass(3) — DG/UX 4.30



     getpass(3)                 DG/UX 4.30                  getpass(3)



     NAME
          getpass - read a password

     SYNOPSIS
          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.  A pointer
          is returned to a null-terminated string of at most eight
          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

     WARNING
          The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to
          increase the size of programs that otherwise don't use
          standard I/O.

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




























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