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 com-
mand 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 implic-
itly 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 multi-
ple 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
-z Batch mode. See pgp-integration(7) for a discus-
sion of integrating pgp support into your applica-
tion.
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 for-
merly known as config.txt. See pgp.cfg(5) for fur-
ther 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)
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