Date:	Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:57:09 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Chris Policicchio <chrisp AT stargate DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Echo *'s to screen?
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On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Chris Policicchio wrote:

> Does anyone know of a way to echo back to the screen *'s instead of what the
> user is typing?  You know, for passwords, etc?

There are library functions getpass and getlongpass for that.  They
don't echo anything, though.

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