gpgtar(1)

1GPGTAR(1)                    GNU Privacy Guard 2.2                   GPGTAR(1)
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NAME

6       gpgtar - Encrypt or sign files into an archive
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SYNOPSIS

9       gpgtar  [options] filename1 [ filename2, ... ] directory1 [ directory2,
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DESCRIPTION

14       gpgtar encrypts or signs files into an archive.  It is an gpg-ized  tar
15       using the same format as used by PGP's PGP Zip.
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OPTIONS

19       gpgtar understands these options:
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23       --create
24              Put  given  files  and  directories into a vanilla ``ustar'' ar‐
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29              Extract all files from a vanilla ``ustar'' archive.
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32       --encrypt
33       -e     Encrypt given files  and  directories  into  an  archive.   This
34              option  may  be  combined with option --symmetric for an archive
35              that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase.
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38       --decrypt
39       -d     Extract all files from an encrypted archive.
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42       --sign
43       -s     Make a signed archive from  the  given  files  and  directories.
44              Thsi  can  be  combined with option --encrypt to create a signed
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49       -t     List the contents of the specified archive.
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52       --symmetric
53       -c     Encrypt with a symmetric cipher using a passphrase.  The default
54              symmetric  cipher  used  is  AES-128, but may be chosen with the
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59       -r user
60              Encrypt for user id user. For details see gpg.
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65              Use user as the key to sign with.  For details see gpg.
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69       -o file
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73       --verbose
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82              Skip  all  crypto  operations  and  create  or  extract  vanilla
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91       -C dir Extract  the  files  into  the directory dir.  The default is to
92              take the directory name from the input filename.   If  no  input
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97       -T file
98              Take  the  file  names  to work from the file file; one file per
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102       --null Modify option --files-from to use a  binary  nul  instead  of  a
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107              This option has no effect becuase OpenPGP encryption and signing
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111       --cms  This option is reserved and shall not be used.  It will  eventu‐
112              ally be used to encrypt or sign using the CMS protocol; but that
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117       --set-filename file
118              Use the last component of file as  the  output  directory.   The
119              default  is  to take the directory name from the input filename.
120              If no input filename is known a  directory  named  ‘GPGARCH’  is
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124       --gpg gpgcmd
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133              Assume  args  are  standard options of the command tar and parse
134              them.   The  only  supported  tar  options  are   "--directory",
135              "--files-from", and "--null" This is an obsolete options because
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139       --version
140              Print version of the program and exit.
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EXAMPLES

147       Encrypt the contents  of  directory  ‘mydocs’  for  user  Bob  to  file
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150         gpgtar --encrypt --output test1 -r Bob mydocs
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DIAGNOSTICS

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