What is a reliable way to backup/restore my keys and test?

[Thomas Glanzmann]

Hello Duane,

> How can I make sure my private key and trust assignments were copied
> properly?

for me in the past taking a backup of .gnupg was sufficient. However you
can also export your secret key using:

gpg --export-secret-keys -a <keyid> > secret.asc

And the manual trust assignments by doing:

gpg --export-ownertrust > ownertrust.txt

Cheers,
        Thomas