getpass man page on IRIX

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getpass(3C)							   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 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

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

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