GPG\-ZIP
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: November 2006
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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
IS DEPRECATED. PLEASE USE gpgtar(1) instead.
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),
gpgtar(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).