PGPS(1) User Manual PGPS(1)NAMEpgps - Signs messages
SYNOPSISpgps [-u <userid>] [-abftv] [-z|-zs] [-o <outfile>]
file ...
DESCRIPTIONpgps signs files using public key cryptography.
OPTIONS
All configuration options can be controlled from the command line. See
pgp.cfg(5) for a complete list and how to specify them.
-a, --armor
Turn on "ASCII Armoring." This outputs a text-only version of
your encrypted text. This makes the result safe for mailing,
but about 30% larger. Unlike previous versions of PGP, this
also implicitly turns on clearsigning (wrapping the signature
around your message, leaving your message in a readable form).
-b Detached signature. Creates a detached signature file (by
default, file.sig) instead of combining the signature with the
message in the same file.
-f Stream mode. Accepts input on stdin and places output on std‐
out. If no files are specified as arguments, pgp executes in
this mode by default.
-o outfile
Specifies that output should go to outfile. If not specified,
output goes to the default filename. The default filename for
each input file is the input filename with ".pgp" appended,
unless ASCII Armoring is turned on, in which case it is ".asc".
If -b (detached signature) is specified, the output name for the
signature is the input file with ".sig" appended. It is an
error to specify multiple input files with this option.
-t Turns on text mode. This causes PGP to convert your input mes‐
sage to a platform-independent form. It is primarily for use
when moving files from one operating system to another.
-u Sets the ID of the key used for signing. This may be a user ID
(like foo@bar.baz.com) or a Key ID (like 0x12345678). If not
specified, your default signing key is used. See also the
MyName directive in pgp.cfg(5).
-z Batch mode. See pgp-integration(7) for a discussion of inte‐
grating pgp support into your application.
EXAMPLEpgps-u foo@bar.baz.com -bat document.txt
Creates a detached, ASCII Armored signature for the the file
Signs and encrypts the file document.txt with foo@bar.baz.com's
key. The resultant file will be document.txt.sig.
FILES
~/.pgp/pgp.cfg
User-specific configuration file. The file formerly known as
config.txt. See pgp.cfg(5) for further details.
BUGS
See pgp5(1).
SEE ALSOpgp5(1), pgpv(1), pgpe(1), pgpk(1), pgp.cfg(5),
pgp-integration(7), http://www.pgp.com (US versions) and
http://www.pgpi.com (International versions)
PGP JULY 1997 (v5.0) PGPS(1)
