.TH "GPG\-ZIP" 1 "November 2006"

.SH NAME
gpg\-zip \- encrypt or sign files into an archive

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gpg\-zip
.RB [ OPTIONS ]
.IR filename1 " [" "filename2, ..." ]
.IR directory1 " [" "directory2, ..." ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the 
.B gpg\-zip
command.
.PP
.B gpg\-zip
encrypts or signs files into an archive. It is an gpg-ized tar using the
same format as PGP's PGP Zip.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-e ", " \-\-encrypt
Encrypt data. This option may be combined with 
.B \-\-symmetric
(for output that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase).
.TP
.BR \-d ", " \-\-decrypt
Decrypt data.
.TP
.BR \-c ", " \-\-symmetric
Encrypt with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase.  The default
symmetric cipher used is CAST5, but may be chosen with the
.B \-\-cipher\-algo
option to
.BR gpg (1).
.TP
.BR \-s ", " \-\-sign
Make a signature. See
.BR gpg (1).
.TP
.BR \-r ", " \-\-recipient " \fIUSER\fR"
Encrypt for user id \fIUSER\fR. See
.BR gpg (1).
.TP
.BR \-u ", " \-\-local\-user " \fIUSER\fR"
Use \fIUSER\fR as the key to sign with. See
.BR gpg (1).
.TP
.B \-\-list\-archive
List the contents of the specified archive.
.TP
.BR \-o ", " \-\-output " " \fIFILE\fR"
Write output to specified file
.IR FILE .
.TP
.BI \-\-gpg " GPG"
Use the specified command instead of
.BR gpg .
.TP
.BI \-\-gpg\-args " ARGS"
Pass the specified options to
.BR gpg (1).
.TP
.BI \-\-tar " TAR"
Use the specified command instead of
.BR tar .
.TP
.BI \-\-tar\-args " ARGS"
Pass the specified options to 
.BR tar (1).
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
Output a short usage information.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Output the program version.

.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The program returns \fB0\fR if everything was fine, \fB1\fR otherwise.

.SH EXAMPLES
Encrypt the contents of directory \fImydocs\fR for user Bob to file \fItest1\fR:
.IP
.B gpg\-zip \-\-encrypt \-\-output test1 \-\-gpg-args ""\-r Bob"" mydocs
.PP
List the contents of archive \fItest1\fR:
.IP
.B gpg\-zip \-\-list\-archive test1

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gpg (1),
.BR tar (1)

.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please report bugs to
<\&bug-gnupg@gnu.org\&>.

This manpage was written by \fBColin Tuckley\fR <\&colin@tuckley.org\&>
and \fBDaniel Leidert\fR <\&daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\&> for the Debian
distribution (but may be used by others).