GPG-ZIP(1)

💖 GPG-ZIP(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the gpg-zip manual page, part of the General Commands Manual collection, and ngl this one comes with a whole ✨situation✨ attached to it. Let's get into it. 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gpg-zip — encrypt or sign files into an archive

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gpg-zip [OPTIONS] filename1 [filename2, ...]  directory1 [directory2, ...]

like, you hand it some files, you hand it some directories, you sprinkle options on top. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this manual page documents briefly the gpg-zip command. brief. quick. a lil snack. 🍓

GPG-ZIP IS DEPRECATED. PLEASE USE gpgtar(1) INSTEAD.

not me having to say that 😭 but fr fr, it's right there in the original and I'm not hiding it from you. go use gpgtar(1), bestie.

So what does it do? gpg-zip encrypts or signs files into an archive. It's an gpg-ized tar using the same format as PGP's PGP Zip. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -e, --encrypt — Encrypt data. This option may be combined with --symmetric (for output that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase). ✨
• -d, --decrypt — Decrypt data. 🔓
• -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 to gpg(1).
• -s, --sign — Make a signature. See gpg(1). ✍️
• -r, --recipient USER — Encrypt for user id USER. See gpg(1).
• -u, --local-user USER — Use USER as the key to sign with. See gpg(1).
• --list-archive — List the contents of the specified archive. 👀
• -o, --output FILE" — Write output to specified file FILE. (yes the stray " is literally in the original, I am not touching it, it's part of the lore now 🙈)
• --gpg GPG — Use the specified command instead of gpg.
• --gpg-args ARGS — Pass the specified options to gpg(1).
• --tar TAR — Use the specified command instead of tar.
• --tar-args ARGS — Pass the specified options to tar(1).
• -h, --help — Output a short usage information. 🆘
• --version — Output the program version. 🏷️

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😭 DIAGNOSTICS 😭

The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 otherwise.

zero means slay, one means... not slay. that's it, that's the whole diagnostic system. 💀

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Encrypt the contents of directory mydocs for user Bob to file test1:

gpg-zip --encrypt --output test1 --gpg-args  -r Bob"" mydocs

List the contents of archive test1:

gpg-zip --list-archive test1

(yes those double quotes and that double space in the first example are exactly how the original has them — copied character for character, no cap 🧚)

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

gpg(1), gpgtar(1), tar(1)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please report bugs to <bug-gnupg@gnu.org>.

This manpage was written by Colin Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org> and Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> for the Debian distribution (but may be used by others).

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this lil slice of the General Commands Manual is dated November 2006 and lives under the name GPG-ZIP(1) — old enough to be vintage, still out here telling you to go use gpgtar(1) instead. periodt. 💜✨🌸