Dr Andrew Scott
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School of Computing
and Communications
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Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4WA
United Kingdom
School of Computing
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D35 InfoLab21
Lancaster University
Lancaster, LA1 4WA
United Kingdom
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GPG-ZIP
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: November 2006
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NAME
gpg-zip - encrypt or sign files into an archiveSYNOPSIS
gpg-zip [OPTIONS] filename1 [filename2, ...] directory1 [directory2, ...]DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the gpg-zip command.gpg-zip encrypts or signs files into an archive. It is an gpg-ized tar using the same format as PGP's PGP Zip.
OPTIONS
- -e, --encrypt
- Encrypt data. This option may be combined with --symmetric (for output that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase).
- -d, --decrypt
- Decrypt data.
- -c, --symmetric
- Encrypt with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase. The default symmetric cipher used is CAST5, but may be chosen with the --cipher-algo option to gpg(1).
- -s, --sign
- Make a signature. See gpg(1).
- -r, --recipient USER
- Encrypt for user id USER. See gpg(1).
- -u, --local-user USER
- Use USER as the key to sign with. See gpg(1).
- --list-archive
- List the contents of the specified archive.
- -o, --output FILE
- Write output to specified file FILE.
- --gpg GPG
- Use the specified command instead of gpg.
- --gpg-args ARGS
- Pass the specified options to gpg(1).
- --tar TAR
- Use the specified command instead of tar.
- --tar-args ARGS
- Pass the specified options to tar(1).
- -h, --help
- Output a short usage information.
- --version
-
Output the program version.
DIAGNOSTICS
The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 otherwise.EXAMPLES
Encrypt the contents of directory mydocs for user Bob to file test1:- gpg-zip --encrypt --output test1 --gpg-args -r Bob mydocs
List the contents of archive test1:
-
gpg-zip --list-archive test1
SEE ALSO
gpg(1), tar(1)AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please report bugs to <bug-gnupg@gnu.org>.This manpage was written by Colin Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org> and Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> for the Debian distribution (but may be used by others).
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