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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2017-04-07 08:26:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2017-04-07 08:26:55 +0000 |
| commit | 9c9fde1495be4accf4526a2626110876fd9d788d (patch) | |
| tree | 7bc20417dce5028c69313c4925772f1737c9cb38 | |
| parent | gpg: Fix printing of offline taken subkey. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-9c9fde1495be4accf4526a2626110876fd9d788d.tar.gz gnupg-9c9fde1495be4accf4526a2626110876fd9d788d.zip | |
doc: Explain the '>' in a key listing.
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Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <[email protected]>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 37e1ff10a..c0d7cc4e9 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -301,10 +301,13 @@ and other programs. @itemx -K @opindex list-secret-keys List the specified secret keys. If no keys are specified, then all -known secret keys are listed. A @code{#} after the letters @code{sec} -means that the secret key is not usable (for example, if it was -exported using @option{--export-secret-subkeys}). See also -@option{--list-keys}. +known secret keys are listed. A @code{#} after the intial tags +@code{sec} or @code{ssb} means that the secret key or subkey is +currently not usable. We also say that this key has been taken +offline (for example, a primary key can be taken offline by exported +the key using the command @option{--export-secret-subkeys}). A +@code{>} after these tags indicate that the key is stored on a +smartcard. See also @option{--list-keys}. @item --list-signatures @opindex list-signatures |