GETPASS(3-BSD)      RISC/os Reference Manual       GETPASS(3-BSD)



NAME
     getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
     char *getpass(prompt)
     char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
     getpass reads a password from the file /dev/tty, or if that
     cannot be opened, from the standard input, after prompting
     with the null-terminated string prompt and disabling echo-
     ing.  A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string of
     at most 8 characters.

FILES
     /dev/tty

SEE ALSO
     crypt(3)

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
































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