[comp.os.vms] read/prompt question

CARTER@MITBATES.BITNET (02/11/88)

>   You should not use inquire for passwords because then they are
>accessible through command recall.  READ/PROMPT is a better choice.

  Sorry to disagree, INQUIRE will not insert the line in the recall
buffer when the terminal is set no echo. At least that's the way it
is under V4.5.

Tony Carter
CARTER@MITBATES.BITNET
MIT Bates Linac
Middleton, MA