Symmetric & Encrypt in One

Hauke Laging mailinglisten at hauke-laging.de
Sat Sep 27 18:00:29 CEST 2014


Am Sa 27.09.2014, 16:11:09 schrieb MFPA:

> If I just try:-
> 
> echo "$PW" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --symmetric  --output file.gpg file
> 
> it symmetrically encrypts but I cannot find a passphrase that works
> for decryption.

I quote the man page for "--passphrase-fd n":

"[...] Note that this passphrase is only used if the option --batch has 
also been given. This is different from gpg."


Hauke
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