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This is gpgv.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from gpgv.texi.
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* gpgv: (gpgv). GnuPG signature verification tool.
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File: gpgv.info, Node: Top, Up: (dir)
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gpgv -- signature verification tool
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`gpgv' is the OpenPGP signature checking tool.
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This program is a stripped down version of `gpg' which is able only
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to check signatures. It is somewhat smaller than the fully blown `gpg'
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and uses a different (and simpler) way to check that the public keys
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used to make the signature are trustworthy. There are no options files
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and only very few options are implemented.
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`gpgv' assumes that all keys in the keyring are trustworthy. By
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default it uses a keyring named `trustedkeys.gpg' which is assumed to
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be in the home directory as defined by GnuPG or set by an option or an
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environment variable. An option may be used to specify another keyring
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or even multiple keyrings.
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`gpgv' recognizes these options:
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Gives more information during processing. If used twice, the input
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data is listed in detail.
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Try to be as quiet as possible.
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Add `file' to the list of keyrings. If `file' begins with a tilde
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and a slash, these are replaced by the HOME directory. If the
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filename does not contain a slash, it is assumed to be in the
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home-directory ("~/.gnupg" if -homedir is not used). The filename
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may be prefixed with a scheme:
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"gnupg-ring:" is the default one.
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Set the name of the home directory to `directory' If this option
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is not used, it defaults to "~/.gnupg". It does not make sense to
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use this in an options file. This also overrides the environment
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Write special status strings to the file descriptor `n'. See the
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file DETAILS in the documentation for a listing of them.
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Write log output to file descriptor `n' and not to stderr.
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GnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and
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signatures have plausible values. However, sometimes a signature
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seems to be older than the key due to clock problems. This option
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makes these checks just warnings.
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The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 if at least one
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signature was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors.
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Verify the signature of the file. The second form is used for
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detached signatures, where `sigfile' is the detached signature
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(either ASCII armored or binary) and are the signed data; if this
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is not given the name of the file holding the signed data is
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constructed by cutting off the extension (".asc", ".sig" or
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".sign") from `sigfile'.
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Used to locate the default home directory.
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If set directory used instead of "~/.gnupg".
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~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg
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The default keyring with the allowed keys
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