newbie : passphrase as an env. variable or command-line option ?

[Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder]

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On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 12:49, Anton Bruckner wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> Is there a possibility of giving the passphrase in the command line or as=
 an
> environnement variable so as to have no further interaction with gpg, or
> should one use the library instead ?

Both, command line and environment, are not secure. gpg has various
--*-fd arguments to remote-control it, including a --passphrase-fd.

cheers
-- vbi

--=20
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