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From: R.J.Hare@edinburgh.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.lang.icon
Subject: non-echoed input
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Date: 18 Jan 91 15:19:22 GMT
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I am trying to enter a parameter to an Icon program which I don't want echoing
(it's a password). I'm sure I should be able to do this either with getch() or
reads(,1) and then writes(\b*) or something similar, but I can't get it to go.
Has anyone got a solution to this oroblem?
 
Thanks.
 
Roger Hare.
 
PS: I am running on a Unix machine.