DOS/Terminal input masking

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From: Squindler
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 09:56

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does the subject say enuf?

anyone know how?

ie enter a password in dos and have is echo as ***** rather than passw etc
not a graphical interface ... ie from a terminal or dos window!!
no choice on interface sorry

hopefully someone has a simple ish answer

if now can someone explain how to get source code for inputstream so i can
either rewrite it or make a subclass that don't echo?

Thanks

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