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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE dita PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Composite//EN" "ditabase.dtd">
+<dita xml:lang="en-GB">
+ <topic id="exporting-seckeys">
+ <title>Exporting Secret Keys</title>
+ <body>
+ <p>Exporting secret keys is, functionally, very similar to exporting public keys; save for the
+ invocation of <cmdname>pinentry</cmdname> via <cmdname>gpg-agent</cmdname> in order to
+ securely enter the key's passphrase and authorise the export.</p>
+ <p>The following example exports the secret key to a file which is then set with the same
+ permissions as the output files created by the command line secret key export options.</p>
+ <p>
+ <codeblock id="export-seckey-01" outputclass="language-python">import gpg
+import os
+import os.path
+import sys
+
+print("""
+This script exports one or more secret keys.
+
+The gpg-agent and pinentry are invoked to authorise the export.
+""")
+
+c = gpg.Context(armor=True)
+
+if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = sys.argv[2]
+ homedir = sys.argv[3]
+elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = sys.argv[2]
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = input("Enter the UID matching the secret key(s) to export: ")
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+else:
+ keyfile = input("Enter the path and filename to save the secret key to: ")
+ logrus = input("Enter the UID matching the secret key(s) to export: ")
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+
+if homedir.startswith("~"):
+ if os.path.exists(os.path.expanduser(homedir)) is True:
+ c.home_dir = os.path.expanduser(homedir)
+ else:
+ pass
+elif os.path.exists(homedir) is True:
+ c.home_dir = homedir
+else:
+ pass
+
+try:
+ result = c.key_export_secret(pattern=logrus)
+except:
+ result = c.key_export_secret(pattern=None)
+
+if result is not None:
+ with open(keyfile, "wb") as f:
+ f.write(result)
+ os.chmod(keyfile, 0o600)
+else:
+ pass
+</codeblock>
+ </p>
+ <p>Alternatively the approach of the following script can be used. This longer example saves
+ the exported secret key(s) in files in the GnuPG home directory, in addition to setting the
+ file permissions as only readable and writable by the user. It also exports the secret
+ key(s) twice in order to output both GPG binary (<codeph>.gpg</codeph>) and ASCII armoured
+ (<codeph>.asc</codeph>) files.</p>
+ <p>
+ <codeblock id="export-seckey-02" outputclass="language-python">import gpg
+import os
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+print("""
+This script exports one or more secret keys as both ASCII armored and binary
+file formats, saved in files within the user's GPG home directory.
+
+The gpg-agent and pinentry are invoked to authorise the export.
+""")
+
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+ gpgconfcmd = "gpgconf.exe --list-dirs homedir"
+else:
+ gpgconfcmd = "gpgconf --list-dirs homedir"
+
+a = gpg.Context(armor=True)
+b = gpg.Context()
+c = gpg.Context()
+
+if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = sys.argv[2]
+ homedir = sys.argv[3]
+elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = sys.argv[2]
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
+ keyfile = sys.argv[1]
+ logrus = input("Enter the UID matching the secret key(s) to export: ")
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+else:
+ keyfile = input("Enter the filename to save the secret key to: ")
+ logrus = input("Enter the UID matching the secret key(s) to export: ")
+ homedir = input("Enter the GPG configuration directory path (optional): ")
+
+if homedir.startswith("~"):
+ if os.path.exists(os.path.expanduser(homedir)) is True:
+ c.home_dir = os.path.expanduser(homedir)
+ else:
+ pass
+elif os.path.exists(homedir) is True:
+ c.home_dir = homedir
+else:
+ pass
+
+if c.home_dir is not None:
+ if c.home_dir.endswith("/"):
+ gpgfile = "{0}{1}.gpg".format(c.home_dir, keyfile)
+ ascfile = "{0}{1}.asc".format(c.home_dir, keyfile)
+ else:
+ gpgfile = "{0}/{1}.gpg".format(c.home_dir, keyfile)
+ ascfile = "{0}/{1}.asc".format(c.home_dir, keyfile)
+else:
+ if os.path.exists(os.environ["GNUPGHOME"]) is True:
+ hd = os.environ["GNUPGHOME"]
+ else:
+ hd = subprocess.getoutput(gpgconfcmd)
+ gpgfile = "{0}/{1}.gpg".format(hd, keyfile)
+ ascfile = "{0}/{1}.asc".format(hd, keyfile)
+
+try:
+ a_result = a.key_export_secret(pattern=logrus)
+ b_result = b.key_export_secret(pattern=logrus)
+except:
+ a_result = a.key_export_secret(pattern=None)
+ b_result = b.key_export_secret(pattern=None)
+
+if a_result is not None:
+ with open(ascfile, "wb") as f:
+ f.write(a_result)
+ os.chmod(ascfile, 0o600)
+else:
+ pass
+
+if b_result is not None:
+ with open(gpgfile, "wb") as f:
+ f.write(b_result)
+ os.chmod(gpgfile, 0o600)
+else:
+ pass
+</codeblock>
+ </p>
+ <p/>
+ </body>
+ </topic>
+</dita>