MIGRATE-PUBRING-FROM-CLASSIC-GPG

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2016
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NAME

migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg - Migrate a public keyring from "classic" to "modern" GnuPG

SYNOPSIS

migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg [ GPGHOMEDIR | --default ]

DESCRIPTION

migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg migrates the public keyring in GnuPG home directory GPGHOMEDIR from the "classic" keyring format to the "modern" keybox format using GnuPG versions 2.1 or 2.2.

Specifying --default selects the standard GnuPG home directory (looking at $GNUPGHOME first, and falling back to ~/.gnupg if unset.

OPTIONS

-h, --help, --usage Output a short usage information.

DIAGNOSTICS

The program sends quite a bit of text (perhaps too much) to stderr.

During a migration, the tool backs up several pieces of data in a timestamped subdirectory of the GPGHOMEDIR.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

GNUPGHOME Selects the GnuPG home directory when set and --default is given.

GPG The name of the gpg executable (defaults to gpg ).