GETPASS(3)GETPASS(3)NAMEgetpass - 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 echoing. A pointer is returned
to a null-terminated string of at most 8 characters.
FILES
/dev/tty
SEE ALSOcrypt(3)BUGS
The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by
each call.
7th Edition May 15, 1985 GETPASS(3)