diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 015b93080..3f7375472 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ This section explains the main commands for key management. @item --quick-gen-key @code{user-id} [@code{algo} [@code{usage} [@code{expire}]]] @opindex quick-gen-key This is a simple command to generate a standard key with one user id. -In contrast to @option{--gen-key} the key is generated directly +In contrast to @option{--generate-key} the key is generated directly without the need to answer a bunch of prompts. Unless the option @option{--yes} is given, the key creation will be canceled if the given user id already exists in the keyring. @@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ for the subkey. Several formats are supported; commonly the ISO YYYY-MM-DD format is used. The values ``never'', ``none'', or ``-'' can be used for no expiration date. -@item --gen-key -@opindex gen-key +@item --generate-key +@opindex generate-key Generate a new key pair using the current default parameters. This is the standard command to create a new key. In addition to the key a revocation certificate is created and stored in the @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ revocation certificate is created and stored in the @item --full-gen-key @opindex gen-key Generate a new key pair with dialogs for all options. This is an -extended version of @option{--gen-key}. +extended version of @option{--generate-key}. There is also a feature which allows you to create keys in batch mode. See the manual section ``Unattended key generation'' on how @@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ the opposite meaning. The options are: @itemx --disable-large-rsa @opindex enable-large-rsa @opindex disable-large-rsa -With --gen-key and --batch, enable the creation of RSA secret keys as +With --generate-key and --batch, enable the creation of RSA secret keys as large as 8192 bit. Note: 8192 bit is more than is generally recommended. These large keys don't significantly improve security, but they are more expensive to use, and their signatures and @@ -3729,7 +3729,7 @@ are almost always required for this. @node Unattended GPG key generation @subsection Unattended key generation -The command @option{--gen-key} may be used along with the option +The command @option{--generate-key} may be used along with the option @option{--batch} for unattended key generation. The parameters are either read from stdin or given as a file on the command line. The format of the parameter file is as follows: @@ -3921,7 +3921,7 @@ $ cat >foo <<EOF %commit %echo done EOF -$ @gpgname --batch --gen-key foo +$ @gpgname --batch --generate-key foo [...] $ @gpgname --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring ./foo.sec \ --keyring ./foo.pub --list-secret-keys |