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author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-08-22 22:05:59 +0000 |
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committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-08-22 22:05:59 +0000 |
commit | ccc340f5aa69616bbbd416cc749090a688c283f6 (patch) | |
tree | 6d567531aa723650fda7eb154a0b70535bb19e38 /lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 | |
parent | ad1ec74818520313d967232c210bcdbbc1ad0e44 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-ccc340f5aa69616bbbd416cc749090a688c283f6.zip FreeBSD-src-ccc340f5aa69616bbbd416cc749090a688c283f6.tar.gz |
Update a bunch of man pages to use .Fn instead
of .Nm when referencing funciton names.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/getpass.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 index 6582ddd..c1fb0e6 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from, .Pa /dev/tty . If this file is not accessible, -.Nm getpass +.Fn getpass displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard input. .Pp @@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ characters in length. Any additional characters and the terminating newline character are discarded. .Pp -.Nm Getpass -turns off character echoing while reading the password. +The +.Fn getpass +function turns off character echoing while reading the password. .Pp .Sh RETURN VALUES -.Nm Getpass -returns a pointer to the null terminated password. +The +.Fn getpass +function returns a pointer to the null terminated password. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/tty -compact .It Pa /dev/tty @@ -71,16 +73,16 @@ returns a pointer to the null terminated password. .Xr crypt 3 .Sh HISTORY A -.Nm getpass +.Fn getpass function appeared in .At v7 . .Sh BUGS The -.Nm getpass +.Fn getpass function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns a pointer to that object. Subsequent calls to -.Nm getpass +.Fn getpass will modify the same object. .Pp The calling process should zero the password as soon as possible to |