Suppressing passphrase prompt

[Frank Tobin]

Steven Handleman, on 2002-06-21, wrote:

> I am a new user to GPG and I am hoping that someone on this list can
> provide an easy answer to this.  When I try to sign & encrypt a file
> (--sign -- encrypt --armor), gpg prompts me for a passphrase for my
> secret key.  Is there any way to suppress this prompt?  I need to
> suppress it because the encryption is going to become part of an
> automated batch file.

Use --passphrase-fd then for automated entering.

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