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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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