PGP
Section: User Manual (5.0)
Updated: JULY 1997 (v5.0)
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NAME
pgps - Signs messages
SYNOPSIS
pgps [-u <userid>] [-abftv] [-z|-zs]
[-o <outfile>]
file
...
DESCRIPTION
pgps
signs files using public key cryptography.
OPTIONS
All configuration options can be controlled from the command line.
See
pgp.cfg(5)
for a complete list and how to specify them.
- -a, --armor
-
Turn on "ASCII Armoring." This outputs a text-only version of your
encrypted text. This makes the result safe for mailing, but about 30%
larger. Unlike previous versions of PGP, this also implicitly turns
on clearsigning (wrapping the signature around your message, leaving
your message in a readable form).
- -b
-
Detached signature. Creates a detached signature file (by default,
file.sig)
instead of combining the signature with the message in
the same file.
- -f
-
Stream mode. Accepts input on
stdin
and places output on
stdout.
If no files are specified as arguments, pgp executes in this mode by
default.
- -o outfile
-
Specifies that output should go to
outfile.
If not specified, output goes to the default filename. The default
filename for each input file is the input filename with ".pgp"
appended, unless ASCII Armoring is turned on, in which case it is
".asc". If
-b
(detached signature) is specified, the output name for the
signature is the input file with ".sig" appended. It is an error to
specify multiple input files with this option.
- -t
-
Turns on text mode. This causes PGP to convert your input message to
a platform-independent form. It is primarily for use when moving
files from one operating system to another.
- -u
-
Sets the ID of the key used for signing. This may be a user ID (like
foo@bar.baz.com)
or a Key ID (like
0x12345678).
If not specified, your default signing key is used. See also the
MyName
directive in
pgp.cfg(5).
- -z
-
Batch mode. See
pgp-integration(7)
for a discussion of integrating pgp support into your application.
EXAMPLE
pgps -u foo@bar.baz.com -bat document.txt
-
Creates a detached, ASCII Armored signature for the the file
Signs and encrypts the file
document.txt
with
foo@bar.baz.com's
key. The resultant file will be
document.txt.sig.
FILES
~/.pgp/pgp.cfg
-
User-specific configuration file. The file formerly known as
config.txt. See
pgp.cfg(5)
for further details.
BUGS
-
See
pgp(1).
SEE ALSO
pgp(1),
pgpv(1),
pgpe(1),
pgpk(1),
pgp.cfg(5),
pgp-integration(7),
http://www.pgp.com (US versions)
and
http://www.pgpi.com (International versions)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLE
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- FILES
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- BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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