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diff --git a/doc/opt-homedir.texi b/doc/opt-homedir.texi index e382f6368..033a9016b 100644 --- a/doc/opt-homedir.texi +++ b/doc/opt-homedir.texi @@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ Set the name of the home directory to @var{dir}. If this option is not used, the home directory defaults to @file{~/.gnupg}. It is only recognized when given on the command line. It also overrides any home directory stated through the environment variable @env{GNUPGHOME} or -(on W32 systems) by means of the Registry entry +(on Windows systems) by means of the Registry entry @var{HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:HomeDir}. +On Windows systems it is possible to install GnuPG as a portable +application. In this case only this command line option is +considered, all other ways to set a home directory are ignored. + +To install GnuPG as a portable application under Windows, create an +empty file name @file{gpgconf.ctl} in the same directory as the tool +@file{gpgconf.exe}. The root of the installation is than that +directory; or, if @file{gpgconf.exe} has been installed directly below +a directory named @file{bin}, its parent directory. You also need to +make sure that the following directories exist and are writable: +@file{ROOT/home} for the GnuPG home and @file{ROOT/var/cache/gnupg} +for internal cache files. |