# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat3/getpass.0

    GETPASS(3)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       GETPASS(3)

    NAME
         getpass - 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 echo-
         ing.  A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string of
         at most 8 characters.

    FILES
         /dev/tty

    SEE ALSO
         crypt(3)

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

    Printed 11/26/99	  May 15, 1985				1

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