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diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 757510aa5..2a117221c 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -522,6 +522,55 @@ 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 |