compete switch reference for gpg

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Thu Aug 21 14:22:02 2003


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:59:30AM +0200, Johan Wevers wrote:
> David Shaw wrote:
> 
> >- --dump-options is actually not a GnuPG option.  It's an option parser
> >option. ;)
> 
> That's a bit too subtle for most users. :-) Anyway, the parser is part
> of GnuPG, isn't it?
> 
> >> --warranty
> >> --no-random-seed-file
> 
> >I'm not sure what version of the manual you have, but certainly both
> >of these are in recent ones.
> 
> I tested it with gpg --help. The above options didn't show up there.
> I used GnuPG 1.2.3rc2 for this test.

gpg --help is a just short reference for common commands.  Not all of
the options are documented there (a good thing, since otherwise the
- --help listing would go on forever).  It even says "See the man page
for a complete listing of all commands and options" at the bottom.

David
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Key available at http://www.jabberwocky.com/david/keys.asc

iEYEARECAAYFAj9EuagACgkQ4mZch0nhy8k08wCgw+3erjzOB99E0DssVG8plEKP
JycAn2/Gjpum/VDZzfKJbiXFOXhLhgII
=xqy2
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----