From 6ac4699e7a0176b2a4b3558c0c1d853c91bdfa2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Shaw Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:42:11 +0000 Subject: * DETAILS: Details for --list-config. * gpg.sgml: Document --ungroup and --list-config. --- doc/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ doc/DETAILS | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/gpg.sgml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 358e28591..84a25f2ca 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-01-29 David Shaw + + * DETAILS: Details for --list-config. + + * gpg.sgml: Document --ungroup and --list-config. + 2004-01-07 David Shaw * gpg.sgml: Fix a few minor typos. Clarify what --textmode is diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 05af46dea..69d080dd4 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -472,6 +472,55 @@ attribute defined: All other data after this header is raw image (JPEG) data. +Format of the "--list-config" output +==================================== + +--list-config outputs information about the GnuPG configuration for +the benefit of frontends or other programs that call GnuPG. There are +several list-config items, all colon delimited like the rest of the +--with-colons output. The first field is always "cfg" to indicate +configuration information. The second field is one of (with +examples): + +version: the third field contains the version of GnuPG. + + cfg:version:1.3.5 + +pubkey: the third field contains the public key algorithmdcaiphers + this version of GnuPG supports, separated by semicolons. The + algorithm numbers are as specified in RFC-2440. + + cfg:pubkey:1;2;3;16;17 + +cipher: the third field contains the symmetric ciphers this version of + GnuPG supports, separated by semicolons. The cipher numbers + are as specified in RFC-2440. + + cfg:cipher:2;3;4;7;8;9;10 + +digest: the third field contains the digest (hash) algorithms this + version of GnuPG supports, separated by semicolons. The + digest numbers are as specified in RFC-2440. + + cfg:digest:1;2;3;8;9;10 + +compress: the third field contains the compression algorithms this + version of GnuPG supports, separated by semicolons. The + algorithm numbers are as specified in RFC-2440. + + cfg:compress:0;1;2;3 + +group: the third field contains the name of the group, and the fourth + field contains the values that the group expands to, separated + by semicolons. + +For example, a group of: + group mynames = paige 0x12345678 joe patti + +would result in: + cfg:group:mynames:patti;joe;0x12345678;paige + + Key generation ============== Key generation shows progress by printing different characters to diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index 3b7b70074..830ba9c1e 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ for a quick encryption of multiple files. --decrypt-files The same as --encrypt-files with the difference that files will be -decrypted. The syntax or the filenames is the same. +decrypted. The syntax of the filenames is the same.