password help

[Aramil of Elixia]

so i want to ask for someones password, but what they type shows up on the screen. i want to make it so that no matter what they type it will show '*'. and then write the password to a file. how do i do that?

[iantac]

read: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/3570/

[Aramil of Elixia]

thats for windows. i need one that at the very least that doesnt include conio or windows.h

[kbw]

What environment (OS/compiler) do you need to support?

[Aramil of Elixia]

windows gcc

[kbw]

Console app?

[Aramil of Elixia]

yep