getpass(3c) — NEWS-os 5.0.1



getpass(3C)             LIBRARY FUNCTIONS             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 charac-
     ters.  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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