bsd man page for getpass

GETPASS(3)						     Library Functions 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-termi-
       nated string prompt and disabling echoing.  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.

7th Edition							   May 15, 1985 							GETPASS(3)