getpass(3C) — Dell System V Release 4 Issue 2.2



getpass(3C)            UNIX System V(C Development Set)             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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