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<!entity ParmDir "<parameter>directory</parameter>">
<!entity ParmFile "<parameter>file</parameter>">
<!entity OptParmFile "<optional>&ParmFile;</optional>">
<!entity ParmFiles "<parameter>files</parameter>">
<!entity OptParmFiles "<optional>&ParmFiles;</optional>">
<!entity ParmNames "<parameter>names</parameter>">
<!entity OptParmNames "<optional>&ParmNames;</optional>">
<!entity ParmName  "<parameter>name</parameter>">
<!entity OptParmName  "<optional>&ParmName;</optional>">
<!entity ParmKeyIDs "<parameter>key IDs</parameter>">
<!entity ParmN	    "<parameter>n</parameter>">
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<refentry id="gpg">
<refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="gnu">GNU Tools</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
  <refname/gpg/
  <refpurpose>encryption and signing tool</>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
  <synopsis>
<command>gpg</>
 <optional>--homedir <parameter/name/</optional>
 <optional>--options <parameter/file/</optional>
 <optional><parameter/options/</optional>
 <parameter>command</>
 <optional><parameter/args/</optional>
  </synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
<command/gpg/ is the main program for the GnuPG system.
    </para>
    <para>
This man page only lists the commands and options available.
For a more verbose documentation get the GNU Privacy Handbook (GPH), which is
available at http://www.gnupg.org/gph/ .
You will find a list of HOWTO documents at http://www.gnupg.org/docs.html .
</para>
<para>
Please remember that option parsing stops as soon as a non option is
encountered, you can explicitly stop option parsing by using the
special option "--".
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>COMMANDS</title>
<para>
<command/gpg/ recognizes these commands:
</para>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term>-s, --sign</term>
<listitem><para>
Make a signature. This command may be combined
with --encrypt.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--clearsign</term>
<listitem><para>
Make a clear text signature.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-b, --detach-sign</term>
<listitem><para>
Make a detached signature.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-e, --encrypt</term>
<listitem><para>
Encrypt data. This option may be combined with --sign.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-c, --symmetric</term>
<listitem><para>
Encrypt with symmetric cipher only.
This command asks for a passphrase.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--store</term>
<listitem><para>
Store only (make a simple RFC1991 packet).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--decrypt &OptParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>
Decrypt &ParmFile; (or stdin if no file is specified) and
write it to stdout (or the file specified with
--output). If the decrypted file is signed, the
signature is also verified. This command differs
from the default operation, as it never writes to the
filename which is included in the file and it
rejects files which don't begin with an encrypted
message.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--verify <optional><optional><parameter/sigfile/</optional>
 <optional><parameter/signed-files/</optional></optional></term>
<listitem><para>
Assume that <parameter/sigfile/ is a signature and verify it
without generating any output.	With no arguments,
the signature packet is read from stdin.  If
only a sigfile is given, it may be a complete
signature or a detached signature, in which case
the signed stuff is expected in a file without the
".sig" or ".asc" extension. 
With more than
1 argument, the first should be a detached signature
and the remaining files are the signed stuff.  To read the signed
stuff from stdin, use <literal>-</literal> as the second filename.
For security reasons a detached signature cannot read the signed
material from stdin without denoting it in the above way.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--verify-files <optional><parameter/files/</optional></term>
<listitem><para>
This is a special version of the --verify command which does not work with
detached signatures.  The command expects the files to be verified either
on the command line or reads the filenames from stdin;  each name must be on
separate line. The command is intended for quick checking of many files.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

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B<-k> [I<username>] [I<keyring>]
    Kludge to be somewhat compatible with PGP.
    Without arguments, all public keyrings are listed.
    With one argument, only I<keyring> is listed.
    Special combinations are also allowed, but they may
    give strange results when combined with more options.
    B<-kv>    Same as B<-k>
    B<-kvv>   List the signatures with every key.
    B<-kvvv>  Additionally check all signatures.
    B<-kvc>   List fingerprints
    B<-kvvc>  List fingerprints and signatures

    B<This command may be removed in the future!>
-->

<varlistentry>
<term>--list-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<term>--list-public-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
List all keys from the public keyrings, or just the
ones given on the command line.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--list-secret-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
List all keys from the secret keyrings, or just the
ones given on the command line.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--show-photos</term>
<listitem><para>
Causes --list-keys, --list-sigs, --list-public-keys, and
--list-secret-keys to also display the photo ID attached to a key, if
any.
See also --photo-viewer.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-show-photos</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --show-photos flag.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--photo-viewer &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
This is the command line that should be run to view a photo ID.  "%i"
will be expanded to a filename containing the photo.  "%I" does the
same, except the file will not be deleted once the viewer exits.
Other flags are "%k" for the key ID, "%K" for the long key ID, "%f"
for the key fingerprint, and "%%" for an actual percent sign.  If
neither %i or %I are present, then the photo will be supplied to the
viewer on standard input.
</para><para>
The default viewer is "xloadimage -fork -quiet -title 'KeyID 0x%k'
stdin"
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--show-keyring</term>
<listitem><para>
Causes --list-keys, --list-public-keys, and --list-secret-keys to
display the name of the keyring a given key resides on. This is only
useful when you're listing a specific key or set of keys. It has no
effect when listing all keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--list-sigs &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --list-keys, but the signatures are listed too.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--check-sigs &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --list-sigs, but the signatures are verified.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--fingerprint &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
List all keys with their fingerprints. This is the
same output as --list-keys but with the additional output
of a line with the fingerprint. May also be combined
with --list-sigs or --check-sigs.
If this command is given twice, the fingerprints of all
secondary keys are listed too.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--list-packets</term>
<listitem><para>
List only the sequence of packets. This is mainly
useful for debugging.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--gen-key</term>
<listitem><para>
Generate a new key pair. This command is normally only used
interactively.
</para>
<para>
There is an experimental feature which allows you to create keys
in batch mode. See the file <filename>doc/DETAILS</filename>
in the source distribution on how to use this.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--edit-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Present a menu which enables you to do all key
related tasks:</para>
    <variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
    <term>sign</term>
    <listitem><para>
Make a signature on key of user &ParmName;
If the key is not yet signed by the default
user (or the users given with -u), the
program displays the information of the key
again, together with its fingerprint and
asks whether it should be signed. This
question is repeated for all users specified
with -u.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>lsign</term>
    <listitem><para>
Same as --sign but the signature is marked as
non-exportable and will therefore never be used
by others.  This may be used to make keys valid
only in the local environment.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>revsig</term>
    <listitem><para>
Revoke a signature.  GnuPG asks for every
signature which has been done by one of
the secret keys, whether a revocation
certificate should be generated.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>trust</term>
    <listitem><para>
Change the owner trust value. This updates the
trust-db immediately and no save is required.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>disable</term>
    <term>enable</term>
    <listitem><para>
Disable or enable an entire key. A disabled key can normally not be used
for encryption.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>adduid</term>
    <listitem><para>
Create an alternate user id.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>deluid</term>
    <listitem><para>
Delete a user id.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>addkey</term>
    <listitem><para>
Add a subkey to this key.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>delkey</term>
    <listitem><para>
Remove a subkey.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>revkey</term>
    <listitem><para>
Revoke a subkey.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>expire</term>
    <listitem><para>
Change the key expiration time.  If a key is
selected, the time of this key will be changed.
With no selection the key expiration of the
primary key is changed.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>passwd</term>
    <listitem><para>
Change the passphrase of the secret key.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>primary</term>
    <listitem><para>
    Flag the current user id as the primary one, removes the primary user
    id flag from all other user ids and sets the timestamp of all
    affected self-signatures one second ahead.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>uid &ParmN;</term>
    <listitem><para>
Toggle selection of user id with index &ParmN;.
Use 0 to deselect all.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>key &ParmN;</term>
    <listitem><para>
Toggle selection of subkey with index &ParmN;.
Use 0 to deselect all.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>check</term>
    <listitem><para>
Check all selected user ids.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>pref</term>
    <listitem><para>
List preferences.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>showpref</term>
    <listitem><para>
More verbose preferences listing.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>setpref &ParmString;</term>
    <listitem><para>
Set the list of user ID preferences to &ParmString;, this should be 
a string similar to the one printed by "pref".  Using an empty string
will set the default preference string, using "none" will set the 
preferences to nil.  Only available algorithms are allowed.  This
command just initializes an internal list and does not change anything
unless another command which changes the self-signatures is used.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>updpref</term>
    <listitem><para>
Change the preferences of all user IDs (or just of the selected ones
to the current list of preferences.  The timestamp of all affected
self-signatures fill be advanced by one second.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>toggle</term>
    <listitem><para>
Toggle between public and secret key listing.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>save</term>
    <listitem><para>
Save all changes to the key rings and quit.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
    <term>quit</term>
    <listitem><para>
Quit the program without updating the
key rings.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
    <para>
The listing shows you the key with its secondary
keys and all user ids. Selected keys or user ids
are indicated by an asterisk. The trust value is
displayed with the primary key: the first is the
assigned owner trust and the second is the calculated
trust value.  Letters are used for the values:</para>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry><term>-</term><listitem><para>No ownertrust assigned / not yet calculated.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>e</term><listitem><para>Trust
calculation has failed; probably due to an expired key.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>q</term><listitem><para>Not enough information for calculation.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>n</term><listitem><para>Never trust this key.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>m</term><listitem><para>Marginally trusted.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>f</term><listitem><para>Fully trusted.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
      <varlistentry><term>u</term><listitem><para>Ultimately trusted.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--sign-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Signs a public key with your secret key. This is a shortcut version of
the subcommand "sign" from --edit.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--lsign-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Signs a public key with your secret key but marks it as
non-exportable.  This is a shortcut version of the subcommand "lsign"
from --edit.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--nrsign-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Signs a public key with your secret key but marks it as non-revocable.
This is a shortcut version of the subcommand "nrsign" from --edit.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--default-check-level &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
The default to use for the check level when signing a key.
</para><para>
0 means you make no particular claim as to how carefully you verified
the key.
</para><para>
1 means you believe the key is owned by the person who claims to own
it but you could not, or did not verify the key at all.  This is
useful for a "persona" verification, where you sign the key of a
pseudonymous user.
</para><para>
2 means you did casual verification of the key.  For example, this
could mean that you verified that the key fingerprint and checked the
user ID on the key against a photo ID.
</para><para>
3 means you did extensive verification of the key.  For example, this
could mean that you verified the key fingerprint with the owner of the
key in person, and that you checked, by means of a hard to forge
document with a photo ID (such as a passport) that the name of the key
owner matches the name in the user ID on the key, and finally that you
verified (by exchange of email) that the email address on the key
belongs to the key owner.
</para><para>
Note that the examples given above for levels 2 and 3 are just that:
examples.  In the end, it is up to you to decide just what "casual"
and "extensive" mean to you.
</para><para>
This option defaults to 0.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>



<varlistentry>
<term>--trusted-key <parameter>long key ID</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>
Assume that the specified key (which must be given
as a  full 8 byte key ID) is as trustworthy as one of
your own secret keys. This option is useful if you
don't want to keep your secret keys (or one of them)
online but still want to be able to check the validity of a given
recipient's or signator's key. 
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--delete-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Remove key from the public keyring
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--delete-secret-key  &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Remove key from the secret and public keyring
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--delete-secret-and-public-key  &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --delete-key, but if a secret key exists, it will be removed first.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--gen-revoke</term>
<listitem><para>
Generate a revocation certificate for the complete key. To revoke
a subkey or a signature, use the --edit command.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--export &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Either export all keys from all keyrings (default
keyrings and those registered via option --keyring),
or if at least one name is given, those of the given
name. The new keyring is written to stdout or to
the file given with option "output".  Use together
with --armor to mail those keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--send-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --export but sends the keys to a keyserver.
Option --keyserver must be used to give the name
of this keyserver. Don't send your complete keyring
to a keyserver - select only those keys which are new
or changed by you.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--export-all &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --export, but also exports keys which
are not compatible with OpenPGP.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--export-secret-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<term>--export-secret-subkeys &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --export, but exports the secret keys instead.
This is normally not very useful and a security risk.
The second form of the command has the special property to
render the secret part of the primary key useless; this is
a GNU extension to OpenPGP and other implementations can
not be expected to successfully import such a key.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--import &OptParmFiles;</term>
<term>--fast-import &OptParmFiles;</term>
<listitem><para>
Import/merge keys. This adds the given keys to the
keyring.  The fast version is currently just a synonym.
</para>
<para>
There are a few other options which control how this command works.
Most notable here is the --merge-only option which does not insert new keys
but does only the merging of new signatures, user-IDs and subkeys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--recv-keys &ParmKeyIDs;</term>
<listitem><para>
Import the keys with the given key IDs from a keyserver. Option
--keyserver must be used to give the name of this keyserver.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--search-keys &OptParmNames;</term>
<listitem><para>
Search the keyserver for the given names.  Multiple names given here
will be joined together to create the search string for the keyserver.
Option --keyserver must be used to give the name of this keyserver.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--update-trustdb</term>
<listitem><para>
Do trust DB maintenance.  This command goes over all keys and builds
the Web-of-Trust. This is an interactive command because it may has to
ask for the "ownertrust" values of keys.  The user has to give an
estimation in how far she trusts the owner of the displayed key to
correctly certify (sign) other keys.  It does only ask for that value
if it has not yet been assigned to a key.  Using the edit menu, that
value can be changed at any time later.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--check-trustdb</term>
<listitem><para>
Do trust DB maintenance without user interaction.  Form time to time
the trust database must be updated so that expired keys and resulting
changes in the Web-of_trust can be tracked.  GnuPG tries to figure
when this is required and then does it implicitly; this command can be
used to force such a check.  The processing is identically to that of
--update-trustdb but it skips keys with a not yet defined "ownertrust".
</para>
<para>
For use with cron jobs, this command can be used together with --batch
in which case the check is only done when it is due.  To force a run
even in batch mode add the option --yes.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--import-ownertrust &OptParmFiles;</term>
<listitem><para>
Update the trustdb with the ownertrust values stored
in &ParmFiles; (or stdin if not given); existing
values will be overwritten.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--print-md <parameter>algo</parameter> &OptParmFiles;</term>
<term>--print-mds &OptParmFiles;</term>
<listitem><para>
Print message digest of algorithm ALGO for all given files or stdin.
With the second form (or a deprecated "*" as algo) digests for all
available algorithms are printed.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--gen-random <parameter>0|1|2</parameter>
		   <optional><parameter>count</parameter></optional></term>
<listitem><para>
Emit COUNT random bytes of the given quality level. If count is not given
or zero, an endless sequence of random bytes will be emitted.
PLEASE, don't use this command unless you know what you are doing; it may
remove precious entropy from the system!
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--gen-prime <parameter>mode</parameter>
		  <parameter>bits</parameter>
		   <optional><parameter>qbits</parameter></optional></term>
<listitem><para>
Use the source, Luke :-). The output format is still subject to change.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--version</term>
<listitem><para>
Print version information along with a list
of supported algorithms.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--warranty</term>
<listitem><para>
Print warranty information.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-h, --help</term>
<listitem><para>
Print usage information.  This is a really long list even though it doesn't list
all options.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>



</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>
Long options can be put in an options file (default "~/.gnupg/options").
Do not write the 2 dashes, but simply the name of the option and any
required arguments. Lines with a hash as the first non-white-space
character are ignored. Commands may be put in this file too, but that
does not make sense.
</para>
<para>
<command/gpg/ recognizes these options:
</para>

<variablelist>


<varlistentry>
<term>-a, --armor</term>
<listitem><para>
Create ASCII armored output.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-o, --output &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>
Write output to &ParmFile;.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-u, --local-user &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName as the user ID to sign.
This option is silently ignored for the list commands,
so that it can be used in an options file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--default-key &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName; as default user ID for signatures.  If this
is not used the default user ID is the first user ID
found in the secret keyring.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-r, --recipient &ParmName;</term>
<term></term>
<listitem><para>
Encrypt for user id &ParmName;. If this option is not
specified, GnuPG asks for the user-id unless --default-recipient is given
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--default-recipient &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName; as default recipient if option --recipient is not used and
don't ask if this is a valid one. &ParmName; must be non-empty.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--default-recipient-self</term>
<listitem><para>
Use the default key as default recipient if option --recipient is not used and
don't ask if this is a valid one. The default key is the first one from the
secret keyring or the one set with --default-key.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-default-recipient</term>
<listitem><para>
Reset --default-recipient and --default-recipient-self.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--encrypt-to &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --recipient but this one is intended for use
in the options file and may be used with
your own user-id as an "encrypt-to-self".  These keys
are only used when there are other recipients given
either by use of --recipient or by the asked user id.
No trust checking is performed for these user ids and
even disabled keys can be used.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-encrypt-to</term>
<listitem><para>
Disable the use of all --encrypt-to keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-v, --verbose</term>
<listitem><para>
Give more information during processing. If used
twice, the input data is listed in detail.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-q, --quiet</term>
<listitem><para>
Try to be as quiet as possible.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-z &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set compression level to &ParmN;. A value of 0 for &ParmN;
disables compression. Default is to use the default
compression level of zlib (normally 6).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-t, --textmode</term>
<listitem><para>
Use canonical text mode.  If -t (but not
--textmode) is used together with armoring
and signing, this enables clearsigned messages.
This kludge is needed for PGP compatibility;
normally you would use --sign or --clearsign
to selected the type of the signature.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-n, --dry-run</term>
<listitem><para>
Don't make any changes (this is not completely implemented).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-i, --interactive</term>
<listitem><para>
Prompt before overwriting any files.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--batch</term>
<listitem><para>
Use batch mode.  Never ask, do not allow interactive
commands.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-tty</term>
<listitem><para>
Make sure that the TTY (terminal) is never used for any output.
This option is needed in some cases because GnuPG sometimes prints
warnings to the TTY if --batch is used.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-batch</term>
<listitem><para>
Disable batch mode.  This may be of use if --batch
is enabled from an options file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--yes</term>
<listitem><para>
Assume "yes" on most questions.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no</term>
<listitem><para>
 Assume "no" on most questions.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--always-trust</term>
<listitem><para>
Skip key validation and assume that used keys are always fully trusted.
You won't use this unless you have installed some external validation
scheme.  This option also suppresses the "[uncertain]" tag printed
with signature checks when there is no evidence that the user ID
is bound to the key.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--keyserver &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName as your keyserver.  This is the server that --recv-keys,
--send-keys, and --search-keys will communicate with to receive keys
from, send keys to, and search for keys on.  The format of the
&ParmName is a URI: `scheme:[//]keyservername[:port]' The scheme is
the type of keyserver: "hkp" for the Horowitz (or compatible)
keyservers, "ldap" for the NAI LDAP keyserver, or "mailto" for the
Horowitz email keyserver.  Note that your particular installation of
GnuPG may have other keyserver types available as well.
</para><para>
Most keyservers synchronize with each other, so there is generally no
need to send keys to more than one server.  Using the command "host -l
pgp.net | grep wwwkeys" gives you a list of HKP keyservers.  When
using one of the wwwkeys servers, due to load balancing using
round-robin DNS you may notice that you get a different key server
each time.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--keyserver-options <parameter>parameters</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>
This is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for the
keyserver.  Options can be prepended with a `no-' to give the opposite
meaning.  While not all options are available for all keyserver
schemes, some common options are:
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term>include-revoked</term>
<listitem><para>
When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on
the keyserver as revoked.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>include-disabled</term>
<listitem><para>
When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on
the keyserver as disabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>use-temp-files</term>
<listitem><para>
On most Unix-like platforms, GnuPG communicates with the keyserver
helper program via pipes, which is the most efficient method.  This
option forces GnuPG to use temporary files to communicate.  On some
platforms (such as Win32 and RISC OS), this option is always enabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>keep-temp-files</term>
<listitem><para>
If using `use-temp-files', do not delete the temp files after using
them.  This option is useful to learn the keyserver communication
protocol by reading the temporary files.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>verbose</term>
<listitem><para>
Tell the keyserver helper program to be more verbose.  This option can
be repeated multiple times to increase the verbosity level.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>honor-http-proxy</term>
<listitem><para>
For keyserver schemes that use HTTP (such as HKP), try to access the
keyserver over the proxy set with the environment variable
"http_proxy".
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--auto-key-retrieve</term>
<listitem><para>
This option enables the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver
when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the local
keyring.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-auto-key-retrieve</term>
<listitem><para>
This option disables the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver
while verifying signatures. This may be of use if --auto-key-retrieve
is enabled from an options file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--keyring &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>
Add &ParmFile to the list of keyrings.
If &ParmFile begins with a tilde and a slash, these
are replaced by the HOME directory. If the filename
does not contain a slash, it is assumed to be in the
home-directory ("~/.gnupg" if --homedir is not used).
The filename may be prefixed with a scheme:</para>
<para>"gnupg-ring:" is the default one.</para>
<para>It might make sense to use it together with --no-default-keyring.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--secret-keyring &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as --keyring but for the secret keyrings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--homedir &ParmDir;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the name of the home directory to &ParmDir; If this
option is not used it defaults to "~/.gnupg". It does
not make sense to use this in a options file. This
also overrides the environment variable "GNUPGHOME".
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--charset &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the name of the native character set.  This is used
to convert some strings to proper UTF-8 encoding.
Valid values for &ParmName; are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>iso-8859-1</term><listitem><para>This is the default Latin 1 set.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>iso-8859-2</term><listitem><para>The Latin 2 set.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>koi8-r</term><listitem><para>The usual Russian set (rfc1489).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>utf-8</term><listitem><para>Bypass all translations and assume
that the OS uses native UTF-8 encoding.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--utf8-strings</term>
<term>--no-utf8-strings</term>
<listitem><para>
Assume that the arguments are already given as UTF8 strings.  The default
(--no-utf8-strings)
is to assume that arguments are encoded in the character set as specified
by --charset. These options affect all following arguments.  Both options may
be used multiple times.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--options &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>
Read options from &ParmFile; and do not try to read
them from the default options file in the homedir
(see --homedir). This option is ignored if used
in an options file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-options</term>
<listitem><para>
Shortcut for "--options /dev/null".  This option is
detected before an attempt to open an option file.
Using this option will also prevent the creation of a 
"~./gnupg" homedir.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--load-extension &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Load an extension module. If &ParmName; does not
contain a slash it is searched in "/usr/local/lib/gnupg"
See the manual for more information about extensions.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--debug &ParmFlags;</term>
<listitem><para>
Set debugging flags. All flags are or-ed and &ParmFlags; may
be given in C syntax (e.g. 0x0042).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--debug-all</term>
<listitem><para>
 Set all useful debugging flags.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--status-fd &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Write special status strings to the file descriptor &ParmN;.
See the file DETAILS in the documentation for a listing of them.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--logger-fd &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Write log output to file descriptor &ParmN; and not to stderr.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-comment</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not write comment packets.  This option affects only
the generation of secret keys.	Please note, that this has nothing
to do with the comments in clear text signatures.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--comment &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmString; as comment string in clear text signatures.
The default is not do write a comment string.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--default-comment</term>
<listitem><para>
Force to write the standard comment string in clear
text signatures.  Use this to overwrite a --comment
from a config file.  This option is now obsolete because there is no
default comment string anymore.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-version</term>
<listitem><para>
Omit the version string in clear text signatures.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--emit-version</term>
<listitem><para>
Force to write the version string in clear text
signatures.  Use this to overwrite a previous
--no-version from a config file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>-N, --notation-data &ParmNameValue;</term>
<listitem><para>
Put the name value pair into the signature as notation data.
&ParmName; must consist only of alphanumeric characters, digits
or the underscore; the first character must not be a digit.
&ParmValue; may be any printable string; it will be encoded in UTF8,
so you should check that your --charset is set correctly.
If you prefix &ParmName; with an exclamation mark, the notation
data will be flagged as critical (rfc2440:5.2.3.15).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--show-notation</term>
<listitem><para>
Show key signature notations in the --list-sigs or --check-sigs
listings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-show-notation</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not show key signature notations in the --list-sigs or --check-sigs
listings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--set-policy-url &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmString; as Policy URL for signatures (rfc2440:5.2.3.19).
If you prefix it with an exclamation mark, the policy URL
packet will be flagged as critical.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--show-policy-url</term>
<listitem><para>
Show any policy URLs set in the --list-sigs or --check-sigs listings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-show-policy-url</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not show any policy URLs set in the --list-sigs or --check-sigs
listings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--set-filename &ParmString;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmString; as the name of file which is stored in
messages.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--for-your-eyes-only</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the `for your eyes only' flag in the message.  This causes GnuPG
to refuse to save the file unless the --output option is given, and
PGP to use the "secure viewer" with a Tempest-resistant font to
display the message.  This option overrides --set-filename.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-for-your-eyes-only</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --for-your-eyes-only flag.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--use-embedded-filename</term>
<listitem><para>
Try to create a file with a name as embedded in the data.
This can be a dangerous option as it allows to overwrite files.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--completes-needed &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Number of completely trusted users to introduce a new
key signer (defaults to 1).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--marginals-needed &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Number of marginally trusted users to introduce a new
key signer (defaults to 3)
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--max-cert-depth &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Maximum depth of a certification chain (default is 5).
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--cipher-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use  &ParmName; as cipher algorithm. Running the program
with the command --version yields a list of supported
algorithms. If this is not used the cipher algorithm is
selected from the preferences stored with the key.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>



<varlistentry>
<term>--digest-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use  &ParmName; as message digest algorithm. Running the
program with the command --version yields a list of
supported algorithms.  Please note that using this
option may violate the OpenPGP requirement, that a
160 bit hash is to be used for DSA.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--s2k-cipher-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use  &ParmName; as the cipher algorithm used to protect secret
keys.  The default cipher is BLOWFISH.	This cipher is
also used for conventional encryption if --cipher-algo
is not given.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--s2k-digest-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use  &ParmName; as the digest algorithm used to mangle the
passphrases.  The default algorithm is RIPE-MD-160.
This digest algorithm is also used for conventional
encryption if --digest-algo is not given.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--s2k-mode &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Selects how passphrases are mangled. If &ParmN; is 0
a plain passphrase (which is not recommended) will be used,
a 1 (default) adds a salt to the passphrase and
a 3 iterates the whole process a couple of times.
Unless --rfc1991 is used, this mode is also used
for conventional encryption.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--compress-algo &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use compression algorithm &ParmN;. Default is 2 which is RFC1950
compression. You may use 1 to use the old zlib version (RFC1951) which
is used by PGP. 0 disables compression. The default algorithm may give
better results because the window size is not limited to 8K. If this
is not used the OpenPGP behavior is used, i.e. the compression
algorithm is selected from the preferences; note, that this can't be
done if you do not encrypt the data.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--disable-cipher-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Never allow the use of &ParmName; as cipher algorithm.
The given name will not be checked so that a later loaded algorithm
will still get disabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--disable-pubkey-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Never allow the use of &ParmName; as public key algorithm.
The given name will not be checked so that a later loaded algorithm
will still get disabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-sig-cache</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not cache the verification status of key signatures.
Caching gives a much better performance in key listings.  However, if
you suspect that your public keyring is not save against write
modifications, you can use this option to disable the caching.  It
probably does not make sense to disable it because all kind of damage
can be done if someone else has write access to your public keyring.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-sig-create-check</term>
<listitem><para>
GnuPG normally verifies each signature right after creation to protect
against bugs and hardware malfunctions which could leak out bits from
the secret key.  This extra verification needs some time (about 115%
for DSA keys), and so this option can be used to disable it.
However, due to the fact that the signature creation needs manual
interaction, this performance penalty does not matter in most settings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-auto-check-trustdb</term>
<listitem><para>
If GnuPG feels that its information about the Web-of-Trust has to be
updated, it automatically runs the --check-trustdb command 
internally.  As this is a time consuming process, this option allow to
disable the automatic invocation.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--throw-keyid</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not put the keyid into encrypted packets.  This option
hides the receiver of the message and is a countermeasure
against traffic analysis.  It may slow down the decryption
process because all available secret keys are tried.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--not-dash-escaped</term>
<listitem><para>
This option changes the behavior of cleartext signatures
so that they can be used for patch files. You should not
send such an armored file via email because all spaces
and line endings are hashed too.  You can not use this
option for data which has 5 dashes at the beginning of a
line, patch files don't have this. A special armor header
line tells GnuPG about this cleartext signature option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--escape-from-lines</term>
<listitem><para>
Because some mailers change lines starting with "From "
to "&#60;From " it is good to handle such lines in a special
way when creating cleartext signatures. All other PGP
versions do it this way too. This option is not enabled
by default because it would violate rfc2440.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--passphrase-fd &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
Read the passphrase from file descriptor &ParmN;. If you use
0 for &ParmN;, the passphrase will be read from stdin.	This
can only be used if only one passphrase is supplied.
<!--fixme: make this print strong-->
Don't use this option if you can avoid it.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--command-fd &ParmN;</term>
<listitem><para>
This is a replacement for the deprecated shared-memory IPC mode.
If this option is enabled, user input on questions is not expected
from the TTY but from the given file descriptor.  It should be used
together with --status-fd. See the file doc/DETAILS in the source
distribution for details on how to use it.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--use-agent</term>
<listitem><para>
Try to use the GnuPG-Agent. Please note that this agent is still under
development.  With this option, GnuPG first tries to connect to the
agent before it asks for a passphrase.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--gpg-agent-info</term>
<listitem><para>
Override the value of the environment variable
<literal>GPG_AGENT_INFO</>.  This is only used when --use-agent has been given
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--rfc1991</term>
<listitem><para>
Try to be more RFC1991 (PGP 2.x) compliant.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--pgp2</term>
<listitem><para>
Set up all options to be as PGP 2.x compliant as possible, and warn if
an action is taken (e.g. encrypting to a non-RSA key) that will create
a message that PGP 2.x will not be able to handle.
</para><para>
This option implies `--rfc1991 --no-openpgp --no-force-v4-certs
--no-comment --escape-from --no-force-v3-sigs --cipher-algo IDEA
--digest-algo MD5 --compress-algo 1'
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-pgp2</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --pgp2 option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--openpgp</term>
<listitem><para>
Reset all packet, cipher and digest options to OpenPGP
behavior. Use this option to reset all previous
options like --rfc1991, --force-v3-sigs, --s2k-*,
--cipher-algo, --digest-algo and --compress-algo to
OpenPGP compliant values.  All PGP workarounds are also
disabled.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--force-v3-sigs</term>
<listitem><para>
OpenPGP states that an implementation should generate
v4 signatures but PGP versions 5 and higher do only recognizes
v4 signatures 
on key material.  This option forces v3 signatures for
signatures on data.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-force-v3-sigs</term>
<listitem><para>
Reset the --force-v3-sigs option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--force-v4-certs</term>
<listitem><para>
Always use v4 key signatures even on v3 keys.  This option also
changes the default hash algorithm for v3 RSA keys from MD5 to SHA-1.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-force-v4-certs</term>
<listitem><para>
Reset the --force-v4-certs option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--force-mdc</term>
<listitem><para>
Force the use of encryption with appended manipulation
code.  This is always used with the newer ciphers (those
with a blocksize greater than 64 bit).
This option might not be implemented yet.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--allow-non-selfsigned-uid</term>
<listitem><para>
Allow the import of keys with user IDs which are not self-signed, but
have at least one signature.
This only allows the import - key validation will fail and you
have to check the validity of the key by other means.  This hack is
needed for some German keys generated with pgp 2.6.3in. You should really
avoid using it, because OpenPGP has better mechanics to do separate signing
and encryption keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>

<term>--allow-freeform-uid</term>
<listitem><para>
Disable all checks on the form of the user ID while generating a new
one.  This option should only be used in very special environments as
it does not ensure the de-facto standard format of user IDs.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--ignore-time-conflict</term>
<listitem><para>
GnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and
signatures have plausible values.  However, sometimes a signature seems to
be older than the key due to clock problems.  This option makes these
checks just a warning.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--ignore-valid-from</term>
<listitem><para>
GnuPG normally does not select and use subkeys created in the future.  This
option allows the use of such keys and thus exhibits the pre-1.0.7
behaviour.  You should not use this option unless you there is some
clock problem.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--ignore-crc-error</term>
<listitem><para>
The ASCII armor used by OpenPG is protected by a CRC checksum against
transmission errors.  Sometimes it happens that the CRC gets mangled
somewhere on the transmission channel 
but the actual content (which is anyway protected by
the OpenPGP protocol) is still okay.  This option will let gpg ignore
CRC errors.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--lock-once</term>
<listitem><para>
Lock the databases the first time a lock is requested
and do not release the lock until the process
terminates.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--lock-multiple</term>
<listitem><para>
Release the locks every time a lock is no longer
needed. Use this to override a previous --lock-once
from a config file.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--lock-never</term>
<listitem><para>
Disable locking entirely.  This option should be used only in very
special environments, where it can be assured that only one process
is accessing those files.  A bootable floppy with a stand-alone
encryption system will probably use this.  Improper usage of this
option may lead to data and key corruption.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-random-seed-file</term>
<listitem><para>
GnuPG uses a file to store its internal random pool over invocations.
This makes random generation faster; however sometimes write operations
are not desired.  This option can be used to achieve that with the cost of
slower random generation.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-verbose</term>
<listitem><para>
Reset verbose level to 0.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-greeting</term>
<listitem><para>
Suppress the initial copyright message but do not
enter batch mode.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-secmem-warning</term>
<listitem><para>
Suppress the warning about "using insecure memory".
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-permission-warning</term>
<listitem><para>
Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-armor</term>
<listitem><para>
Assume the input data is not in ASCII armored format.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--no-default-keyring</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not add the default keyrings to the list of
keyrings.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--skip-verify</term>
<listitem><para>
Skip the signature verification step.  This may be
used to make the decryption faster if the signature
verification is not needed.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--with-colons</term>
<listitem><para>
Print key listings delimited by colons.  Note, that the output will be
encoded in UTF-8 regardless of any --charset setting.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry>
<term>--with-key-data</term>
<listitem><para>
Print key listings delimited by colons (like --with-colons) and print the public key data.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--with-fingerprint</term>
<listitem><para>
Same as the command --fingerprint but changes only the format of the output
and may be used together with another command.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--fast-list-mode</term>
<listitem><para>
Changes the output of the list commands to work faster; this is achieved
by leaving some parts empty.  Some applications don't need the user ID and
the trust information given in the listings.  By using this options they
can get a faster listing.  The exact behaviour of this option may change
in future versions.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--fixed-list-mode</term>
<listitem><para>
Do not merge user ID and primary key in --with-colon listing mode and
print all timestamps as seconds since 1970-01-01.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--list-only</term>
<listitem><para>
Changes the behaviour of some commands.  This is like --dry-run but
different in some cases.  The semantic of this command may be extended in
the future.  Currently it only skips the actual decryption pass and
therefore enables a fast listing of the encryption keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-literal</term>
<listitem><para>
This is not for normal use.  Use the source to see for what it might be useful.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--set-filesize</term>
<listitem><para>
This is not for normal use.  Use the source to see for what it might be useful.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--emulate-md-encode-bug</term>
<listitem><para>
GnuPG versions prior to 1.0.2 had a bug in the way a signature was encoded.
This options enables a workaround by checking faulty signatures again with
the encoding used in old versions.  This may only happen for ElGamal signatures
which are not widely used.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--show-session-key</term>
<listitem><para>
Display the session key used for one message. See --override-session-key
for the counterpart of this option.
</para>
<para>
We think that Key-Escrow is a Bad Thing; however the user should
have the freedom to decide whether to go to prison or to reveal the content of
one specific message without compromising all messages ever encrypted for one
secret key. DON'T USE IT UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY FORCED TO DO SO.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--override-session-key &ParmString; </term>
<listitem><para>
Don't use the public key but the session key &ParmString;.  The format of this
string is the same as the one printed by --show-session-key.  This option
is normally not used but comes handy in case someone forces you to reveal the
content of an encrypted message; using this option you can do this without
handing out the secret key.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--ask-sig-expire</term>
<listitem><para>
When making a data signature, prompt for an expiration time.  If this
option is not specified, the expiration time is "never".
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-ask-sig-expire</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --ask-sig-expire option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--ask-cert-expire</term>
<listitem><para>
When making a key signature, prompt for an expiration time.  If this
option is not specified, the expiration time is "never".
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-ask-cert-expire</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --ask-cert-expire option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--expert</term>
<listitem><para>
Allow the user to do certain nonsenical or "silly" things like signing
an expired or revoked key, or certain potentially incompatible things
like adding more than one photo ID to a single key.  In general, this
option is for experts only.  If you don't really understand what it is
doing, leave this off.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-expert</term>
<listitem><para>
Resets the --expert option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry

<varlistentry>
<term>--merge-only</term>
<listitem><para>
Don't insert new keys into the keyrings while doing an import.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--allow-secret-key-import</term>
<listitem><para>
This is an obsolete option and is not used anywhere.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--try-all-secrets</term>
<listitem><para>
Don't look at the key ID as stored in the message but try all secret keys in
turn to find the right decryption key.	This option forces the behaviour as
used by anonymous recipients (created by using --throw-keyid) and might come
handy in case where an encrypted message contains a bogus key ID.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--enable-special-filenames</term>
<listitem><para>
This options enables a mode in which filenames of the form
<filename>-&#38;n</>, where n is a non-negative decimal number,
refer to the file descriptor n and not to a file with that name.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--no-expensive-trust-checks</term>
<listitem><para>
Experimental use only.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--preserve-permissions</term>
<listitem><para>
Don't change the permissions of a secret keyring back to user
read/write only.  Use this option only if you really know what you are doing.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>--preference-list &ParmString</term>
<listitem><para>
Set the list of preferences to &ParmString;, this list should be 
a string similar to the one printed by the command "pref" in the edit
menu.  
</para></listitem></varlistentry>


</variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>How to specify a user ID</title>
    <para>
There are different ways on how to specify a user ID to GnuPG;
here are some examples:
    </para>

    <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term></term>
<listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>234567C4</term>
<term>0F34E556E</term>
<term>01347A56A</term>
<term>0xAB123456</term>
<listitem><para>
Here the key ID is given in the usual short form.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>234AABBCC34567C4</term>
<term>0F323456784E56EAB</term>
<term>01AB3FED1347A5612</term>
<term>0x234AABBCC34567C4</term>
<listitem><para>
Here the key ID is given in the long form as used by OpenPGP
(you can get the long key ID using the option --with-colons).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>1234343434343434C434343434343434</term>
<term>123434343434343C3434343434343734349A3434</term>
<term>0E12343434343434343434EAB3484343434343434</term>
<term>0xE12343434343434343434EAB3484343434343434</term>
<listitem><para>
The best way to specify a key ID is by using the fingerprint of
the key.  This avoids any ambiguities in case that there are duplicated
key IDs (which are really rare for the long key IDs).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>=Heinrich Heine &#60;heinrichh@uni-duesseldorf.de&#62;</term>
<listitem><para>
Using an exact to match string.  The equal sign indicates this.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>&#60;heinrichh@uni-duesseldorf.de&#62;</term>
<listitem><para>
Using the email address part which must match exactly.	The left angle bracket
indicates this email address mode.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>+Heinrich Heine duesseldorf</term>
<listitem><para>
All words must match exactly (not case sensitive) but can appear in
any order in the user ID.  Words are any sequences of letters,
digits, the underscore and all characters with bit 7 set.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>Heine</term>
<term>*Heine</term>
<listitem><para>
By case insensitive substring matching.  This is the default mode but
applications may want to explicitly indicate this by putting the asterisk
in front.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>
Note that you can append an exclamation mark to key IDs or
fingerprints.  This flag which tells GnuPG to use exactly
that primary or secondary key and don't try to figure out which 
secondary or primary key to use.
    </para>

</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>RETURN VALUE</title>
    <para>
The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 if at least
a signature was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors.
    </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
    <variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg -se -r <parameter/Bob/ &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>sign and encrypt for user Bob</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg --clearsign &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>make a clear text signature</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg -sb  &ParmFile;</term>
<listitem><para>make a detached signature</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg --list-keys  <parameter/user_ID/</term>
<listitem><para>show keys</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg --fingerprint  <parameter/user_ID/</term>
<listitem><para>show fingerprint</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>gpg --verify  <parameter/pgpfile/</term>
<term>gpg --verify  <parameter/sigfile/ &OptParmFiles;</term>
<listitem><para>
Verify the signature of the file but do not output the data. The second form
is used for detached signatures, where <parameter/sigfile/ is the detached
signature (either ASCII armored of binary) and &OptParmFiles are the signed
data; if this is not given the name of the file holding the signed data is
constructed by cutting off the extension (".asc" or ".sig") of
<parameter/sigfile/ or by asking the user for the filename.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>

    <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>HOME</term>
<listitem><para>Used to locate the default home directory.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GNUPGHOME</term>
<listitem><para>If set directory used instead of "~/.gnupg".</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GPG_AGENT_INFO</term>
<listitem><para>Used to locate the gpg-agent; only honred when
--use-agent is set.  The value constist of 3 colon delimited fields: 
The first is the path to the Unix Domain Socket, the second the PID of
the gpg-agent and the protocol version which should be set to 1.  When
starting the gpg-agent as described in its documentation, this
variable is set to the correct value.  The option --gpg-agent-info can
be used to overide it.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>http_proxy</term>
<listitem><para>Only honored when the option --honor-http-proxy is set.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>FILES</title>
    <variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/secring.gpg</term>
<listitem><para>The secret keyring</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/secring.gpg.lock</term>
<listitem><para>and the lock file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg</term>
<listitem><para>The public keyring</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg.lock</term>
<listitem><para>and the lock file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg</term>
<listitem><para>The trust database</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg.lock</term>
<listitem><para>and the lock file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/random_seed</term>
<listitem><para>used to preserve the internal random pool</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>~/.gnupg/options</term>
<listitem><para>May contain options</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>/usr[/local]/share/gnupg/options.skel</term>
<listitem><para>Skeleton options file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term>/usr[/local]/lib/gnupg/</term>
<listitem><para>Default location for extensions</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
</refsect1>

<!-- SEE ALSO  not yet needed-->

<refsect1>
    <title>WARNINGS</title>
    <para>
Use a *good* password for your user account and a *good* passphrase
to protect your secret key.  This passphrase is the weakest part of the
whole system.  Programs to do dictionary attacks on your secret keyring
are very easy to write and so you should protect your "~/.gnupg/"
directory very well.
</para>
<para>
Keep in mind that, if this program is used over a network (telnet), it
is *very* easy to spy out your passphrase!
</para>
<para>
If you are going to verify detached signatures, make sure that the
program knows about it; either be giving both filenames on the
commandline or using <literal>-</literal> to specify stdin.
</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>BUGS</title>
    <para>
On many systems this program should be installed as setuid(root). This
is necessary to lock memory pages. Locking memory pages prevents the
operating system from writing memory pages to disk. If you get no
warning message about insecure memory your operating system supports
locking without being root. The program drops root privileges as soon
as locked memory is allocated.
</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>