diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex index 4d7e8b94aae..1e5e2cd34a1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ \section{\module{getpass} - --- Portable password reading.} + --- Portable password input} \declaremodule{standard}{getpass} -\moduleauthor{Piers Lauder}{piers@cs.su.oz.au} -% Windows support by Guido van Rossum. -\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org} - \modulesynopsis{Portable reading of passwords and retrieval of the userid.} +\moduleauthor{Piers Lauder}{piers@cs.su.oz.au} +% Windows (& Mac?) support by Guido van Rossum. +\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org} The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: @@ -16,11 +15,13 @@ The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is prompted using the string \var{prompt}, which defaults to \code{'Password: '}. + Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getuser}{} Return the ``login name'' of the user. + Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. This function checks the environment variables \envvar{LOGNAME}, \envvar{USER}, \envvar{LNAME} and \envvar{USERNAME}, in order, and