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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