--batch option

[Steve Butler]

It's reading STDIN (file handle #0).  I haven't tried this in a Windows
environment but you should be able to pipe it in just as in Unix.

-----Original Message-----
From: karthikn@canada.com [mailto:karthikn@canada.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:20 AM
To: sbutler@fchn.com
Cc: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
Subject: RE: --batch option


Thanks Steve.

When gnupg is attempting to read the passphrase from a file descriptor, what
file does it look for? I am working on a Windows2000 environment.

Karthik.

On Mon, 18 February 2002, Steve Butler wrote:

> 
> Try this script:
> 
> #!/bin/ksh
> # COPYRIGHT (c) 1995-2001 Stephen M. Butler dba XRG
> # COPYRIGHT (c) 1995-2001 First Choice Health Network
> # This information may be copied, distributed and/or modified under
> # certain conditions, but it comes WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
> # See the Design Science License for more details
> # =================================================================
> #
> 
> homedir=$(default gpg_home)
> 
>   rm -f "$3" 2>&1 1> /dev/null
>   default gpg_pass$1 \
>   | gpg --batch --homedir $homedir --passphrase-fd 0 --no-tty
--skip-verify
> \
>         --output "$3" --decrypt "$2"
> #
> 
> $1 = pass phrase number to indicate which pass phrase to pass (I have two
> public keys)
> $2 = incoming file name (with .pgp extension)
> $3 = file name to save it as
> 
> NOTE:  default is a utility (ksh script) to return information from a
> configuration file.
>   gpg_home -- the home directory for gpg
>   gpg_pass1 -- the pass phrase for key #1
>   gpg_pass2 -- the pass phrase for key #2
>   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karthikn@canada.com [mailto:karthikn@canada.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 1:50 PM
> To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
> Subject: --batch option
> 
> 
> All:
> 
> Looking to automate the decryption process using gnupg. Can't seem to find
> any examples of the --batch option.
> Any links\documentation would be of immense help.
> 
> Thx,
> Karthik.
> 
> 
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