OW_NAMESPACE::GetPass Namespace Reference

Functions
OW_COMMON_API String	getPass (const String &prompt)
	The getpass function displays a prompt to the standard error output, and reads in a password from /dev/tty.

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Function Documentation

String OW_NAMESPACE::GetPass::getPass (  const String &  prompt  )

The getpass function displays a prompt to the standard error output, and reads in a password from /dev/tty. If this file is not accessible, getpass reads from the stan­ dard input. Getpass turns off character echoing and disables the gen­ eration of signals by tty special characters (interrupt by control-C, suspend by control-Z, etc.) while reading the password. This is implemented under the OS abstraction layer. Parameters: prompt  The prompt to be displayed Returns: the password Definition at line 84 of file OW_GetPass.cpp. References OW_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

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