add directory Minix

Minix/CD-ROM-2.0/MINIX/MANUALS/MAN3/GETPASS.3

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.\"	@(#)getpass.3	6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
+.\"
+.TH GETPASS 3  "May 15, 1985"
+.AT 3
+.SH NAME
+getpass \- read a password
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.ft B
+#include <minix/minlib.h>
+
+char *getpass(const char *\fIprompt\fP)
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Getpass
+reads a password from the file
+.BR /dev/tty ,
+or if that cannot be opened, from the standard input,
+after prompting with the null-terminated string
+.I prompt
+and disabling echoing.
+A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string
+of at most 32 characters, excluding the null.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR crypt (3).
+.SH BUGS
+The return value points to static data
+whose content is overwritten by each call.