How do I export a secret key?

Todd Todd <Freedom_Lover@pobox.com>
Mon Jan 20 02:38:01 2003


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miked2miked@yahoo.com wrote:
> I looked through the documentation and is says how to
> export a public key.  How do I move my secret key from
> the computer where I generated it to (for example) a
> floppy disk for transfer to another computer?  What is
> the command?

You might feel silly when you find out the command is listed only a few
lines below the --export command in the man page.  The command you want is
the cryptically named --export-secret-keys.  :)

HTH,

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