Thread: Want input in password format

I wrote a Windows version before:

Code:

char *getPass(char *szBuffer, size_t len)
{
	size_t i;
	HANDLE hIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
	HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	DWORD dwOld, dwNumRead, dwNumWritten;
	if((hIn != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) && (hOut != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE))
	{
		if(GetConsoleMode(hIn,&dwOld))
		{
			if(SetConsoleMode(hIn,ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT))
			{
				for(i=0;i<len-1;i++)
				{
					if(ReadConsole(hIn,&szBuffer[i],1,&dwNumRead,NULL))
					{
						if(szBuffer[i] == '\r')
						{
							break;
						}
						else WriteConsole(hOut,"*",1,&dwNumWritten,NULL);
					}
					else break;
				}
				WriteConsole(hOut,"\n",1,&dwNumWritten,NULL);
				szBuffer[i] = '\0';
				SetConsoleMode(hIn,dwOld);
				return szBuffer;
			}
		}
	}
	return NULL;
}

If you want a *nix version, I think someone else might posted one awhile ago in the C++ section, but I could be wrong on that. It might have been something else similar.

Then you have to specify what you want and why this won't work.... Give us details. Don't make us guess what you want.