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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-09-26 23:56:54 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-09-26 23:56:54 +0200
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time.1, atexit.3, bsearch.3, dlopen.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, fmtmsg.3, getgrent_r.3, getline.3, getmntent.3, getnameinfo.3, getpass.3, getpwent_r.3, gets.3, isalpha.3, printf.3, puts.3, recno.3, scandir.3, stdarg.3, sysconf.3, termios.3, wordexp.3, null.4, core.5, dir_colors.5, issue.5, proc.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, ascii.7, cpuset.7, glob.7, man-pages.7, man.7, mdoc.7, mdoc.samples.7, regex.7: Revert 9f8e673e623d (whose global s%\\e%\\\\% caused problems)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man3/getpass.3 b/man3/getpass.3
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--- a/man3/getpass.3
+++ b/man3/getpass.3
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ While reading the password, signal generation
.BR SIGSTOP ,
.BR SIGTSTP )
is disabled and the corresponding characters
-(usually control-C, control-\\, control-Z and control-Y)
+(usually control-C, control-\e, control-Z and control-Y)
are transmitted as part of the password.
Since libc 5.4.19 also line editing is disabled, so that also
backspace and the like will be seen as part of the password.