gpg-connect-agent querying max-cache-ttl

[Patrick Brunschwig]

On 09.01.15 21:24, Rob Fries wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have done a lot of searching and have not found much to cover my use
> case. Please direct me to any previous discussions if there are any!
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> Basically, I have stand alone system where files are automatically
> encrypted and decrypted for processing. This is currently setup using
> quintuple-agent, but we want to use something which is maintained.
> 
> I am looking to use gpg-agent to store the passphrase, which is entered
> using gpg-preset-passphrase. This all works perfectly other than
> max-cache-ttl removing the passphrase.
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> I am looking for a way to query the max-cache-ttl  time for gpg-agent so
> I can have an alert as this time approaches.
> 
> This will give me a heads up before I need to enter a passphrase with
> gpg-preset-passphrase so it can be planned for an optimal time.
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> I know there are ways to query some information from gpg-agent with
> gpg-connect-agent, but I have not found any central documentation on how
> to query this.

You should use gpgconf for this.

https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/gpgconf.html

-Patrick