document the change in prompt timeout handling
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1 /* prompt.h -- header file for the prompt routines for vlock,
2 * the VT locking program for linux
4 * This program is copyright (C) 2007 Frank Benkstein, and is free
5 * software which is freely distributable under the terms of the
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10 * the author.
13 * The prompt functions (prompt and prompt_echo_off) were
14 * inspired by/copied from openpam's openpam_ttyconv.c:
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44 #include <glib.h>
46 #define VLOCK_PROMPT_ERROR vlock_prompt_error_quark()
47 GQuark vlock_prompt_error_quark(void);
49 enum {
50 VLOCK_PROMPT_ERROR_FAILED,
51 VLOCK_PROMPT_ERROR_TIMEOUT,
54 /* Prompt for a string with the given message. The string is returned if
55 * successfully read, otherwise NULL. The caller is responsible for freeing
56 * the resulting buffer. If no string is read after the given timeout this
57 * prompt() returns NULL. A timeout of NULL means no timeout, i.e. wait forever.
59 char *prompt(const char *msg, const struct timespec *timeout, GError **error);
61 /* Same as prompt() above, except that characters entered are not echoed. */
62 char *prompt_echo_off(const char *msg,
63 const struct timespec *timeout,
64 GError **error);
66 /* Read a single character from the stdin. If the timeout is reached
67 * 0 is returned. */
68 char read_character(const struct timespec *timeout, GError **error);
70 /* Wait for any of the characters in the given character set to be read from
71 * stdin. If charset is NULL wait for any character. Returns 0 when the
72 * timeout occurs. */
73 char wait_for_character(const char *charset, const struct timespec *timeout, GError **error);