getpass.c File Reference

Cross-platform wrapper to read passphrases from the terminal. More...

#include "lib/term/getpass.h"
#include "lib/log/util_bug.h"
#include "lib/malloc/malloc.h"
#include "ext/tor_readpassphrase.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

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Functions
ssize_t	tor_getpass (const char *prompt, char *output, size_t buflen)

Detailed Description

Cross-platform wrapper to read passphrases from the terminal.

Definition in file getpass.c.

Function Documentation

tor_getpass()

ssize_t tor_getpass	(	const char *	prompt,
		char *	output,
		size_t	buflen
	)

Emit the password prompt prompt, then read up to buflen bytes of passphrase into output. Return the number of bytes in the passphrase, excluding terminating NUL.

Definition at line 50 of file getpass.c.