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getpass

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

Copy Code

    #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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