multiple files for version below 1.2.5

[DBSMITH at OhioHealth.com]

I am trying to decrypt 2 files on a UNIX machine with:

var=/data/files
file=file_that_has_my_passphrase
p='- -passphrase-fd-0'
outp='- -output'
de='- -decrypt'
dec=file


for i in $var
do
      cat $file |gpg $p $de $outp $dec.$$ $i
      sleep 1
done

and the error I get is
Sorry no terminal at all requested - cat get input.

I looked in the archives and saw the - -multifile option but I am on
version 1.2.1 for AIX 5.2
here is my conf file

no-tty
no-secmem-warning
no-mdc-warning

Any ideas?

thanks
Derek B. Smith
OhioHealth IT
UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams