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diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi index dec548905..914a1213f 100644 --- a/doc/tools.texi +++ b/doc/tools.texi @@ -92,130 +92,7 @@ Display a brief help page and exit @c @c GPGV @c -@manpage gpgv2.1 -@node gpgv -@section Verify OpenPGP signatures -@ifset manverb -.B gpgv -\- Verify OpenPGP signatures -@end ifset - -@mansect synopsis -@ifset manverb -.B gpgv2 -.RI [ options ] -.I signed_files -@end ifset - -@mansect description -@code{gpgv2} is an OpenPGP signature verification tool. - -This program is actually a stripped down version of @code{gpg} which is -only able to check signatures. It is somewhat smaller than the fully blown -@code{gpg} and uses a different (and simpler) way to check that -the public keys used to make the signature are valid. There are -no configuration files and only a few options are implemented. - -@code{gpgv2} assumes that all keys in the keyring are trustworthy. -By default it uses a keyring named @file{trustedkeys.gpg} which is -assumed to be in the home directory as defined by GnuPG or set by an -option or an environment variable. An option may be used to specify -another keyring or even multiple keyrings. - -@noindent -@mansect options -@code{gpgv2} recognizes these options: - -@table @gnupgtabopt - -@item --verbose -@itemx -v -@opindex verbose -Gives more information during processing. If used -twice, the input data is listed in detail. - -@item --quiet -@itemx -q -@opindex quiet -Try to be as quiet as possible. - -@item --keyring @var{file} -@opindex keyring -Add @var{file} to the list of keyrings. -If @var{file} begins with a tilde and a slash, these -are replaced by the HOME directory. If the filename -does not contain a slash, it is assumed to be in the -home-directory ("~/.gnupg" if --homedir is not used). - -@item --status-fd @var{n} -@opindex status-fd -Write special status strings to the file descriptor @var{n}. See the -file DETAILS in the documentation for a listing of them. - -@item --logger-fd @code{n} -@opindex logger-fd -Write log output to file descriptor @code{n} and not to stderr. - -@item --ignore-time-conflict -@opindex ignore-time-conflict -GnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and -signatures have plausible values. However, sometimes a signature seems to -be older than the key due to clock problems. This option turns these -checks into warnings. - -@include opt-homedir.texi - -@end table - -@mansect return value - -The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 if at least -one signature was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors. - -@mansect examples -@subsection Examples - -@table @asis - -@item gpgv2 @code{pgpfile} -@itemx gpgv2 @code{sigfile} -Verify the signature of the file. The second form -is used for detached signatures, where @code{sigfile} is the detached -signature (either ASCII armored or binary) and are the signed -data; if this is not given the name of the file holding the signed data is -constructed by cutting off the extension (".asc", ".sig" or ".sign") from -@code{sigfile}. - -@end table - -@mansect environment -@subsection Environment - -@table @asis - -@item HOME -Used to locate the default home directory. - -@item GNUPGHOME -If set directory used instead of "~/.gnupg". - -@end table - -@mansect files -@subsection FILES - -@table @asis - -@item ~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg -The default keyring with the allowed keys - -@end table - -@mansect see also -@command{gpg2}(1) -@include see-also-note.texi - - +@include gpgv.texi @c |