GnuPG UNC path on windows problem

[Iron Sam Vane]

Thanks guys. Double Quoting the the files didn't work, but replacing
the back slashes with forward slashes did.

Sean Lively

On 10/10/07, John Clizbe <JPClizbe at tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Iron Sam Vane wrote:
> > I'm attempting to encrypt a file on a remote server, both machines are
> > win2k3 server, using this command:
> > gpg --homedir c:\gnupg ---batch --trust-model always --output
> > \\server\backups\archive1.7z.gpg -e -r user
> > \\server\backups\archive1.7z
> >
> > And I'm getting this error:
> >
> > gpg: can't open `\\\\server\\backups\\archive1.7z': No such file or directory
> > gpg: \\\\\\server\\backups\\archive1.7z: encryption failed: file open error
> >
> > I've checked and the file (archive1.7z) isn't in use. Any ideas what's going on?
>
> GnuPG for Windows is built with some translation code for Posix to Win32 path
> conversion. The UNC paths are confusing it. The fact that backslash (\) needs to
> be escaped (with a \) is causing the doubling of the characters.
>
> a) Try putting the names in "double quotes", ie
>    gpg --homedir c:\gnupg ---batch --trust-model always --output
>    "\\server\backups\archive1.7z.gpg" -e -r user "\\server\backups\archive1.7z"
>
> b) Try reversing the slashes (This works with non-UNC paths.)
>    gpg --homedir c:\gnupg ---batch --trust-model always --output
>      //server/backups/archive1.7z.gpg -e -r user //server/backups/archive1.7z
>
> c) Use 'net use' and give \\server\backups a temporary drive letter
>    net use x: \\server\backups
>    gpg --homedir c:\gnupg ---batch --trust-model always --output
>      x:\archive1.7z.gpg -e -r user x:\archive1.7z
>
>
> --
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