getpass
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Header File
conio.h
Category
Console I/O Routines
Prototype
char *getpass(const char *prompt);
Description
Reads a password.
getpass reads a password from the system console after prompting with the null-terminated string prompt and disabling the echo. A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string of up to eight characters (not counting the null-terminator).
Note: Do not use this function in Win32 GUI applications.
Return Value
The return value is a pointer to a static string that is overwritten with each call.
Example
#include <conio.h> int main(void) { char *password; password = getpass("Input a password:"); cprintf("The password is: %s\r\n", password); return 0; }
Portability
POSIX | Win32 | ANSI C | ANSI C++ |
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