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<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>
-Long options can be put in an options file (default "~/.gnupg/gpg.conf").
-Do not write the 2 dashes, but simply the name of the option and any
-required arguments. Lines with a hash as the first non-white-space
-character are ignored. Commands may be put in this file too, but that
-does not make sense.
+Long options can be put in an options file (default
+"~/.gnupg/gpg.conf"). Short option names will not work - for example,
+"armor" is a valid option for the options file, while "a" is not. Do
+not write the 2 dashes, but simply the name of the option and any
+required arguments. Lines with a hash ('#') as the first
+non-white-space character are ignored. Commands may be put in this
+file too, but that does not make sense.
</para>
<para>
<command/gpg/ recognizes these options: