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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Simple question.
Message-ID: <1991May1.222946.1281@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 22:29:46 GMT
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henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

>Note:  "on any sane system".  The fact is, this is an operating-system
>question, not a C question.  C provides no standard way to do it.  This
>question should be asked in some operating-system-specific group, like
>comp.os.msdos.programmer.  Looking at comp.lang.c's Frequently Asked
>Questions list might also be fruitful, since this is an FAQ.

It is UNFORTUNATE that this is an OS question.  It really SHOULD be a C
question.  There SHOULD be a standard way to specify "I don't want the
input echoed".  Of course there are some limitations; some OS's don't make
this easy or even possible.  But at least there should be a standard way
to target it.
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