file extension, gnupgp on Win

[Fok, Anthony]

sorry to bother everyone, i have found a solution to this prob and it hought
this would be the best way to get this out to the few like me that didnt
know it

i'd like to thank 'Alexandros Papadopoulos' and Michael Gold for their help

the solution is when encrypting the file, using the -o option, add the
extension .gpg manually

so if my file is file.xyz then i would go
gpg -e -r name -o file.xyz.gpg file.xyz

then we will get file.xyz.gpg then decrypt will cut off the .gpg and be left
with original file

i understand that this is alrdy done in linux, i guess unix as well, but i
think the default for windows is not, thats why i had this problem...so i
guess this would really be more of a windows issue


>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Fok, Anthony  
> Sent:	Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:17 AM
> To:	'gnupg-users@gnupg.org'
> Subject:	file extension, gnupgp on Win
> 
> hi, im new to this and right now, im still messing around with the basic
> signing, encryption and decryption of the program, i was wondering if it
> is designed that the file extension is lost after the decryption, because
> the thing i have tried is this,
> 
> encrypt file test.zip--->test.gpg then i decrypt it, test.gpg --->test
> 
> it doesnt have an extension anymore, plz advise, thanks
> 
> Anthony Fok
> 


<FONT SIZE = 1>****************************************************************************
This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer.</FONT>