Detached signatures

[Jason Harris]

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 12:43:21PM +0100, Per Tunedal wrote:

> I would like to suggest an improvement for detached signatures. When I si=
gn=20
> a file with "gpg --detach-sign filename.txt" I get the output=20
> "filename.sig" . Then I have to change the output filename to=20
> "filename.txt.sig" to be able to check the signature with "gpg --verify=
=20
> filename.txt.sig"  (If I use "gpg --verify filename.sig" I get an error=
=20
> because gpg cannot find the signed file.)
>=20
> Why not always keep the original filename and just add .sig when signing?

Got UNIX?  :)

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Jason Harris          | NIC:  JH329, PGP:  This _is_ PGP-signed, isn't it?
jharris@widomaker.com | web:  http://jharris.cjb.net/

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