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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-03-12 18:34:21 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-03-12 18:34:21 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex index 4d7e8b9..1e5e2cd 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex @@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ \section{\module{getpass} - --- Portable password reading.} + --- Portable password input} \declaremodule{standard}{getpass} +\modulesynopsis{Portable reading of passwords and retrieval of the userid.} \moduleauthor{Piers Lauder}{piers@cs.su.oz.au} -% Windows support by Guido van Rossum. +% Windows (& Mac?) support by Guido van Rossum. \sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org} -\modulesynopsis{Portable reading of passwords and retrieval of the userid.} - The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: @@ -16,11 +15,13 @@ The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is prompted using the string \var{prompt}, which defaults to \code{'Password: '}. + Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getuser}{} Return the ``login name'' of the user. + Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. This function checks the environment variables \envvar{LOGNAME}, \envvar{USER}, \envvar{LNAME} and \envvar{USERNAME}, in order, and |