Why the "--export-secret-key" switch is not listed in help screen?

[Mika Suomalainen]

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06.05.2012 15:39, Moses kirjoitti:
> Hi,
> 
> I've notice the switch "--export-secret-key" is not listed in the
> help screen (i.e. gpg --help) and I spend a lot of time to find it.
> It seems to be one of the most used switch for backup private keys
> and sync keys between machines. Could the developer add this switch
> to the help screen? It would save users a lot of time.
> 
> Thanks.

It seems that you are right. It's not mentioned in --help, but it's
mentioned in the manual page.

> --export-secret-keys

> 

> --export-secret-subkeys

> Same  as --export, but exports the secret keys
instead.  This is
> normally not very useful and a security risk.  The
second  form
> of  the  command  has  the special property to render
the secret
> part of the primary key useless; this  is  a  GNU
extension  to
> OpenPGP  and  other  implementations can not be
expected to suc‐
> cessfully import such a key.  See the option
- --simple-sk-check‐
> sum  if  you  want  to import such an exported key
with an older
> OpenPGP implementation.
> 

I found that option by Googling for "gpg cheat sheet".

Hopefully someone else can answer this question.

PS. Sorry for weird looking paste. It's directly copy-pasted from most
and copy-pasting from pager looks weird always.

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