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        !             3: getpass()                General Function               getpass()
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        !             8: Get password with prompting
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        !            10: cchhaarr *ggeettppaassss(_p_r_o_m_p_t)
        !            11: cchhaarr *_p_r_o_m_p_t;
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        !            13: getpass first prints the prompt.  Then it disables echoing of in-
        !            14: put characters  on the terminal device  (either the file /dev/tty
        !            15: or the  standard input), reads  a password from  it, and restores
        !            16: echoing on the terminal.  It returns the given password.
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        !            18: ***** Files *****
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        !            20: /dev/tty
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        !            22: ***** See Also *****
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        !            24: crypt(), general functions, login, passwd, su
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        !            26: ***** Notes *****
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        !            28: The password  is stored in a static  location that is overwritten
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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