gpg-zip(1)

1gpg-zip(1)                  General Commands Manual                 gpg-zip(1)
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NAME

6       gpg-zip - encrypt or sign files into an archive
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SYNOPSIS

10       gpg-zip  [OPTIONS]  filename1 [filename2, ...]  directory1 [directory2,
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DESCRIPTION

15       This manual page documents briefly the gpg-zip command.
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17       gpg-zip encrypts or signs files into an archive. It is an gpg-ized  tar
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OPTIONS

22       -e, --encrypt
23              Encrypt  data. This option may be combined with --symmetric (for
24              output that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase).
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30              Encrypt with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase.  The default
31              symmetric  cipher  used  is  CAST5,  but  may be chosen with the
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35              Make a signature. See gpg(1).
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37       -r, --recipient USER
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DIAGNOSTICS

69       The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 otherwise.
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EXAMPLES

73       Encrypt the contents of directory mydocs for user Bob to file test1:
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AUTHOR

87       Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please report bugs to
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90       This  manpage  was  written  by  Colin  Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org> and
91       Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>  for  the  Debian  distribution
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97                                 November 2006                      gpg-zip(1)