Batch symmetric ciphering?

[Werner Koch]

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Paolo Casagranda wrote:

> I re-post my question (second and last time, I promise).
> My question is: How can I cipher with SYMMETRIC keys in batch mode? (To
> automate the task, under MS Windows)

You have to  use --passphrase-fd n  and pipe the passphrase to file
descriptor n.  The default command shell of Windows 95 does not
allow to do this.  IIRC, it is possible under NT.  

TYou may want to write a small wrapper program.  Have a look at the
API:  CreateProcess and CreatePipe

  Werner
  
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