[R] readline() for passwords?

[Ulf Mehlig]

Hello,

I am using RODBC to access a password-protected database. Is there a
possibility to prevent that the password appears on the screen when
issuing the odbcConnect() command? I thought of something like
readline() without echo. I guess that a getpass()-based solution
wouldn't work for ESS/Emacs, anyway, would it?

Thanks for your attention!
Ulf

R 2.2.1, i386-pc-linux-gnu

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 Ulf Mehlig    <ulf.mehlig at gmx.net>