Saving public key to a file

[Stefan Bellon]

In article <3A7604EF.36C3398B@frontiernet.net>,
   Robert Krueger <rlk01@frontiernet.net> wrote:

[snip]

> I execute this line "gpg --export --armor MyUserID MyKey.pub" and I
> get a "File not found" message, and it prints to the screen.

I think what you want is the following:

    gpg --armor --output MyKey.pub --export MyUserID

> One last question, I hope...
> When I finally do get this right, and send this file to a friend, will
> it automatically contain a fingerprint?

The fingerprint is a check on the key whether it arrived unmodified or
not. So your recipient may look at the fingerprint of your key, ring
you on the telephone and you may verify that the fingerprint is the
same.

Greetings,

Stefan.

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