NAME¶
gpg-zip - encrypt or sign files into an archive
SYNOPSIS¶
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).