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636 B
Groff
29 lines
636 B
Groff
.\" @(#)getpass.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
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.\"
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.TH GETPASS 3 "May 15, 1985"
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.AT 3
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.SH NAME
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getpass \- read a password
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.ft B
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#include <minix/minlib.h>
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char *getpass(const char *\fIprompt\fP)
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Getpass
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reads a password from the file
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.BR /dev/tty ,
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or if that cannot be opened, from the standard input,
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after prompting with the null-terminated string
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.I prompt
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and disabling echoing.
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A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string
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of at most 32 characters, excluding the null.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR crypt (3).
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.SH BUGS
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The return value points to static data
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whose content is overwritten by each call.
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