


      GETPASS(3C)                                           GETPASS(3C)



      NAME
           getpass - read a password

      SYNTAX
           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 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
           crypt(3C).

      WARNING
           The above routine uses <stdio.h>, which causes it to
           increase the size of programs, not otherwise using standard
           I/O, more than might be expected.

      BUGS
           The return value points to static data


























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