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diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index 16dd52197..27946c025 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -157,15 +157,17 @@ default mode is to create a socket and listen for commands there. @item --daemon [@var{command line}] @opindex daemon -Run the program in the background. This option is required to prevent -it from being accidently running in the background. A common way to do -this is: -@example -@end example -$ eval $(gpg-agent --daemon) +Start the gpg-agent as a daemon; that is, detach it from the console +and run it in the background. Because @command{gpg-agent} prints out +important information required for further use, a common way of +invoking gpg-agent is: @code{eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)} to setup the +environment variables. The option @option{--write-env-file} is +another way commonly used to do this. Yet another way is creating +a new process as a child of gpg-agent: @code{gpg-agent --daemon +/bin/sh}. This way you get a new shell with the environment setup +properly; if you exit from this shell, gpg-agent terminates as well. @end table - @mansect options @node Agent Options @section Option Summary |