getpass.3c (2010 09)

getpass(3C) getpass(3C)

(TO BE OBSOLETED)

NAME

getpass( ) - read a password

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.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 terminates input and sends an interrupt signal to the calling program before

returning.

WARNINGS

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

Obsolescent Interfaces

getpass() is to be obsoleted at a future date.

FILES

/dev/tty

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getpass(3C) getpass(3C) (TO BE OBSOLETED) NAME getpass( ) - read a password SYNOPSIS #include 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.
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(Notes) A (Notes) gA 2 Hewlett-Packard Company −1− HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010