From: David Brown <caml-list@davidb.org>
To: David MENTRE <dmentre@linux-france.org>
Cc: Alain.Frisch@ens.fr, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How to read a password without displaying it?
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 08:31:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040207163118.GA20250@davidb.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874qu2sz3y.fsf@linux-france.org>
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 04:12:01PM +0100, David MENTRE wrote:
> open Unix
> [...]
> let read_password () =
> let term_init = tcgetattr stdin in
> let term_no_echo = { term_init with c_echo = false; } in
> tcsetattr stdin TCSANOW term_no_echo;
> let password = read_line () in
> tcsetattr stdin TCSAFLUSH term_init;
> password
The only suggestion would be to put the read_line in a try clause, and
restore the terminal settings if an exception is raised. Otherwise,
pressing ^C leaves the terminal with echo off.
Dave
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-07 16:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-07 12:53 David MENTRE
2004-02-07 13:17 ` Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2004-02-07 13:42 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-02-07 14:45 ` David MENTRE
2004-02-07 14:54 ` David MENTRE
2004-02-07 14:59 ` Remi Vanicat
2004-02-07 14:50 ` Alain.Frisch
2004-02-07 15:12 ` David MENTRE
2004-02-07 16:31 ` David Brown [this message]
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