John W. Krahn wrote:
> perldoc -q password
>
> Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/pod/perlfaq8.pod
> How do I ask the user for a password?
>
> (This question has nothing to do with the web. See a
> different FAQ for that.)
>
> There's an example of this in the crypt entry in the
> perlfunc manpage). First, you put the terminal into "no
> echo" mode, then just read the password normally. You may
> do this with an old-style ioctl() function, POSIX terminal
> control (see the POSIX manpage, and Chapter 7 of the
> Camel), or a call to the stty program, with varying
> degrees of portability.
>
> You can also do this for most systems using the
> Term::ReadKey module from CPAN, which is easier to use and
> in theory more portable.
>
> use Term::ReadKey;
>
> ReadMode('noecho');
> $password = ReadLine(0);
thanx, I've seen this solution. the problem is that on activeperl (the perl
I will use in windows, because of the application they have that generate a
binary with interperter) they don't have Term::ReadKey as a ppm, and we
don't have a compiler for windows to try and compile it ourselves. anyway
someone told me that windows machines have an "echo off/on" command so I
will try to run it and see if it works.
thanx
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Haim
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