getpass(3C)                      DG/UX 5.4.2                     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

SEE ALSO
       getpwent(3C), passwd(4).

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































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