HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

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