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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 08:23:05 +0200
From: Denis Excoffier <cygwin AT Denis-Excoffier DOT org>
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Subject: getpass and /dev/tty
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Hello!

Would it be possible that getpass() first reads on /dev/tty before
defaulting to stdin?

% uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 edited 1.7.12(0.260/5/3) 2012-04-03 10:24 i686 Cygwin
% ls /dev/tt*
/dev/tty  /dev/ttyS0  /dev/ttyS2  /dev/ttyS3
% cat foo.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main () {
  fprintf (stderr, "Press <Return> to continue . . .\n");
  getpass ("");
  return 0;
};
% gcc -O -o ./foo foo.c
% ./foo
Press <Return> to continue . . .
[here you press Return]

% ./foo < /dev/null
Press <Return> to continue . . .

%

[for the second run of ./foo, you cannot press Return]



Regards,

Denis Excoffier.

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