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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: GPG and simple file encryption
From:       Michael Roth <mroth () nessie ! de>
Date:       2004-09-13 22:15:58
Message-ID: 41461C1E.30105 () nessie ! de
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Anthony Thyssen wrote:
> For a long time I have encrypted some plain text files using PGP
> as follows...
> 
>     (using v2)    pgp   -c file
>     (using v5)    pgpe  -c file
> 
> to decrypt
>     (using v2)  pgp   file.pgp
>     (using v5)  pgpv  file.pgp
> I also have filter commands for use in my vim editor.
> 
> However I am now trying to find GPG equivelents, but when I try to
> encrypt it wants to use a public key, not just a pass-phase.

"man gpg":

    -c, --symmetric
              Encrypt  with  a  symmetric   cipher   using   a
              passphrase.   The  default symmetric cipher used
              is CAST5, but may be chosen with  the  --cipher-
              algo option.


So the solution is:

        (encrypt)       gpg -c file
        (decrypt)       gpg file.gpg



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