Temporarily remember passphrase?

[Grant Olson]

On 5/19/2011 7:07 AM, Chris Poole wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I often decrypt several files in quick succession (with a simple script).
> 
> Is it possible to have gpg remember my passphrase, only very
> temporarily? (Perhaps for 10 seconds or so.)
> 
> I've looked into gpg-agent, and tried using the --use-agent option
> with gpg, but I can't find much documentation on the matter, or even
> whether or not this is the best approach.
> 

Yes you want to use gpg-agent.  What OS are you on?  You might need to
install gpg2 if you're on Linux or Mac.

-- 
Grant

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