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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2006-03-31 18:42:16 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2006-03-31 18:42:16 (GMT) |
| commit | 338ef7d2bd3c2ef507d7ef1edce42492dae28db0 (patch) | |
| tree | 04479e4ab621b0ad192b1436cc3f7a8b94584c93 /Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex | |
| parent | 22ec80bc4f3e66990981ca57b66b38873e2711df (diff) | |
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Bug #1445068: getpass.getpass() can now be given an explicit stream
argument to specify where to write the prompt.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex index 28bfe8f..1d177d3 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex @@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: -\begin{funcdesc}{getpass}{\optional{prompt}} +\begin{funcdesc}{getpass}{\optional{prompt\optional{, stream}}} Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is prompted using the string \var{prompt}, which defaults to - \code{'Password: '}. + \code{'Password: '}. On \UNIX, the prompt is written to the + file-like object \var{stream}, which defaults to + \code{sys.stdout} (this argument is ignored on Windows). + Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. + \versionadded[The \var{stream} parameter]{2.5} \end{funcdesc} |