Filename is not embedded when using redirection

[Todd Zullinger]

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feitao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My environment is Windows XP, gpg 1.4.2.2. I just found out that the
> following are different:
> 1) gpg -o a.gpg -e a.txt
> 2) gpg -e < a.txt> a.gpg
> 
> When using -o, the gpg file embeds the original filename, thus
>   gpg --use-embedded-filenmae a.gpg 
> is valid. However, 2) does not embed the filename, and
>   gpg --use-embedded-filenmae a.gpg
> prints to stdout. 
>
> My question is how I can embed the filename using Method 2 (<>)? The
> reason I hate Method 1 (-o) is that it fails for large (~5G) files
> in Windows XP.

I haven't tested this, but --set-filename looks like the option you
want to check out.

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