From 52527dcd7b5a784644a2842d9d959155dd8c98a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:25:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document --limit-card-insert-tries. --- doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/DETAILS | 5 +++-- doc/gpg.sgml | 11 +++++++++++ 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3667faa36..1ed8ca0e5 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-07-19 Werner Koch + + * gpg.sgml: Document --limit-card-insert-tries. + 2005-07-18 David Shaw * samplekeys.asc: Update 99242560. diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 67dd57ca9..01083eed0 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -553,13 +553,14 @@ more arguments in future versions. 5 = No card reader available - PLAINTEXT + PLAINTEXT This indicates the format of the plaintext that is about to be written. The format is a 1 byte hex code that shows the format of the plaintext: 62 ('b') is binary data, 74 ('t') is text data with no character set specified, and 75 ('u') is text data encoded in the UTF-8 character set. The timestamp - is in seconds since the epoch. + is in seconds since the epoch. If a filename is available it + gets printed as the third argument, percent-escaped as usual. PLAINTEXT_LENGTH This indicates the length of the plaintext that is about to be diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index 3cf4da293..8517e8182 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -2482,6 +2482,17 @@ encryption system will probably use this. Improper usage of this option may lead to data and key corruption. + +--limit-card-insert-tries &ParmN; + +With &ParmN; greater than 0 the number of prompts asking to insert a +smartcard gets limited to N-1. Thus with a value of 1 gpg won't at +all ask to insert a card if none has been inserted at startup. This +option is useful in the configuration file in case an application does +not know about the smartcard support and waits ad infinitum for an +inserted card. + + --no-random-seed-file