Use of --passphrase-file

[Brian Minton]

A pretty good option is to use gpg-agent. It can keep your passphrase
/secret key in (secure) memory for a few minutes so you can use the key in
scripted tasks.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 4:24 PM Harman, Michael <Michael.Harman at uhsinc.com>
wrote:

> I am attempting to automate a process that decrypts files. The files are
> encrypted with my key which has a passphrase. I have determined I can use
> the “--passphrase-file” option to get the passphrase of my key. In the gpg
> documentation at
> https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/GPG-Esoteric-Options.html,
> under “--passphrase-file file” it says “Don't use this option if you can
> avoid it”, but I can’t find any alternative solution in the documentation.
> I found one blog that says to just remove the passphrase, however I’d like
> to preserve the passphrase. Do you have any recommendations where I can
> have a passphrase but still use it in an unattended fashion that is secure?
>
>
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