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<sect1 id="optionsfile">
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Options may be specified on the command line or in an options file.
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The default location of the options file is
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<literal>~/.gnupg/options</literal>.
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When specifying options in the options file, omit the leading two
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dashes and instead use simply the option name followed by any
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Lines in the file with a hash (<literal>#</literal>) as the
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first non-white-space character are ignored.
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<refentry id="keyserver">
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specify the keyserver to use to locate keys
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<option>keyserver</option> <replaceable class="parameter">server-name</replaceable>
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This option is used in conjunction with either
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<link linkend="recv-keys"><option>recv-keys</option></link> or
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<link linkend="send-keys"><option>send-keys</option></link> to specify a
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keyserver to manage public key distribution.
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<refentry id="output">
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specify the file in which to place output
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<option>output</option> <replaceable class="parameter">file-name</replaceable>
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This is a description.
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<refentry id="recipient">
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specify the recipient of a public-key encrypted document
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This is a description.
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<refentry id="armor">
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ASCII-armor encrypted or signed output
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This is a description.
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<refentry id="no-greeting">
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suppress the opening copyright notice but do not enter batch mode
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This is a description.
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<refentry id="local-user">
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specifies a user id to use for signing
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<option>localuser</option> <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
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Use <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> as the user ID to sign.
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This option is silently ignored for the list commands, so that it can be
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used in an options file.
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<refentry id="completes-needed">
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specifies the number of fully-trusted people needed to validate a new key.
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<option>completes-needed</option> <replaceable class="parameter">n</replaceable>
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A public key on your keyring is validated using those signatures on
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the key that were made by other valid keys on your keyring.
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The option specifies the number of signatures needed if you fully
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trust the owners of the keys that made the signatures.
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Your trust in a key's owner is set with the command
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<link linkend="edit-key"><option>edit-key</option></link>.
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<refentry id="marginals-needed">
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specifies the number of marginally-trusted people needed to validate
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<option>marginals-needed</option> <replaceable class="parameter">n</replaceable>
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A public key on your keyring is validated using those signatures on
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the key that were made by other valid keys on your keyring.
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The option specifies the number of signatures needed if you marginally
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trust the owners of the keys that made the signatures.
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Your trust in a key's owner is set with the command
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<link linkend="edit-key"><option>edit-key</option></link>.