Method: Atom::Tools#obtain_password

Defined in:
lib/atom/tools.rb

#obtain_password ⇒ Object

obtain a password from the TTY, hiding the user’s input this will fail if you don’t have the program ‘stty’



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# File 'lib/atom/tools.rb', line 133

def obtain_password
  i = o = File.open('/dev/tty', 'w+')

  o.print 'Password: '

  # store original settings
  state = `stty -F /dev/tty -g`

  # don't echo input
  system "stty -F /dev/tty -echo"

  p = i.gets.chomp

  # restore original settings
  system "stty -F /dev/tty #{state}"

  p
end