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.TH GETPASS 3 
.SH NAME
getpass \- read a password
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B char *getpass(prompt)
.br
.B char *prompt;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getpass
reads a password from the file
.IR /dev/tty ,
or if that cannot be opened, from the standard input,
after prompting with the null-terminated string
.I prompt
and disabling echoing.
A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string
of at most 8 characters.
.SH FILES
/dev/tty
.SH "SEE ALSO"
crypt(3)
.SH BUGS
The return value points to static data
whose content is overwritten by each call.
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e6817382 BJ	1	.TH GETPASS 3
	2	.SH NAME
	3	getpass \- read a password
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B char *getpass(prompt)
	6	.br
	7	.B char *prompt;
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I Getpass
	10	reads a password from the file
	11	.IR /dev/tty ,
	12	or if that cannot be opened, from the standard input,
	13	after prompting with the null-terminated string
	14	.I prompt
	15	and disabling echoing.
	16	A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string
	17	of at most 8 characters.
	18	.SH FILES
	19	/dev/tty
	20	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	21	crypt(3)
	22	.SH BUGS
	23	The return value points to static data
	24	whose content is overwritten by each call.