NETPGP(3lua)

💖 NETPGP(3lua) 💖

okay so this is the local manual page for netpgp — the Lua binding situation — bestie, it's giving "crypto powers, but make it Lua". 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

netpgp — this is the thing that hands you all the libnetpgp(3) functionality straight from Lua, no cap. 🔥

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

local netpgp = require 'netpgp'

instance = netpgp.new()
netpgp.homedir(instance, homedir)
netpgp.init(instance)
netpgp.encrypt_file(instance, file, output, armour)
netpgp.decrypt_file(instance, file, output, armour)
netpgp.sign_file(instance, file, output, armour, detached)
netpgp.clearsign_file(instance, file, output, armour, detached)
netpgp.verify_file(instance, file, armour)
netpgp.verify_cat_file(instance, file, output, armour)
netpgp.list_packets(instance, file, armour)
netpgp.setvar(instance, name, value)
netpgp.getvar(instance, name, value)

like, that's the whole roster. every function takes instance first because that's just how we're doing things. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The netpgp Lua binding is literally your backstage pass to everything in libnetpgp(3). that's it, that's the vibe. ✨

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🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

okay so this next bit is the icon of the page — a single script that encrypts, decrypts, signs, and verifies a file. main character energy fr fr:

local netpgp = require 'netpgp'
btc = netpgp.new()
netpgp.setvar(btc, "need seckey", 1)
netpgp.init(btc)

netpgp.encrypt_file(btc, "scratch", "scratch.gpg", "armoured")
netpgp.decrypt_file(btc, "scratch.gpg", "itch", "armoured")
netpgp.sign_file(btc, "scratch", "scratch.asc", "armoured", "detached")
netpgp.verify_file(btc, "scratch.asc", "armoured")

not me noticing they named the instance btc 😭 iconic. also yes, "itch" is the output file, we love a bit. 🍓

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• lua(1)
• luac(1)
• libnetpgp(3)
• intro(3lua)

go read those, iykyk 🫶

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the netpgp Lua binding first appeared in NetBSD 9.0. baby's debut era. 🌈

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

The netpgp Lua binding was written by Alistair Crooks. ty for your service, king. 👑

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💀 BUGS 💀

• This binding currently only provides a subset of the functionality available in libnetpgp(3). so like, not everything is here yet 🙈
• This manual needs more description of the available functionality. yeah... the docs are lowkey under construction, we know, we know. 😭

fr fr though: that's the actual state of things, don't come for me, i'm just the messenger 💅

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that's the whole page bestie, slay. 🎀 source/version and date realness: this one's the Debian build, dated April 30, 2018 — yes, an elder, but she ate. 💖✨