Difference "gpg --armor --store" Vs. "gpg --enarmor"

David Shaw dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Sun May 15 22:44:03 CEST 2005


On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 12:43:38PM -0700, David wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> What is the difference between "gpg --armor --store" and "gpg --enarmor"?

--armor --store creates an armored OpenPGP message: a "literal
message", which is unencrypted and unsigned.

--enarmor armors whatever you feed it.  The result is not an OpenPGP
message.

David



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