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[Caml-list] How to read a password without displaying it?

David MENTRE
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From:	David Brown <caml-list@d...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] How to read a password without displaying it?

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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