I have been fiddling with ncurses, particularly with the material found in
the book 'Beginning Linux Programming, 3rd edition' - anyway, there is a
program on page 216 that I can't get to work properly.  Here is the code
that I believe is causing the trouble:


move(9, 10);
printw("%s", "Password: ");
refresh();

cbreak();
noecho();

memset(password, '\0', sizeof(password));
while (i < PW_LEN) {
password[i] = getch();
move(9, 20 + i);
addch('*');
refresh();
if (password[i] == '\n') {
break;
}
if (strcmp(password, real_password) == 0) {
break;
}
i++;
}

echo();
nocbreak();

move(11, 10);
if (strcmp(password, real_password) == 0) {
printf("%s", "Correct");
} else {
printf("%s", "Wrong");
}

refresh();
endwin();

return 0;
}

...in particular, the program executes (seemingly) properly until the
statements:
if (strcmp(password, real_password) == 0) {
printf("%s", "Correct");
} else {
printf("%s", "Wrong");
}

It does not print out anything at all.  I enter the password, and then the
program terminates.  I have stepped through the program with a debugger,
and when I enter the correct password, it indeed says 'Correct', but only
in the debugger.  Any help would be appreciated.

Rob Somers

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