Export private key

[Andrew Gallagher]

On 06/01/2021 14:14, Dino Edwards via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> In the past I used to be able to export a private key using the 
> following command:
> 
> /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /opt/.gnupg/ --export-secret-key -a "SOMEKEYID" > 
> /opt /tmp/private.key
> 
> Something changed in the code and it now prompts me for the key password 
> before it proceeds. I see the value in this, however this is problematic 
> when I’m trying to automate the export to use in an application.
> 
> What is the correct way to pass the key password in the command line in 
> order to export the private key without getting the password prompt?

You could try:

     gpg --passphrase-fd 3 ...more-options... 3<somefile

where somefile is a file containing the passphrase, or a fifo with a 
coprocess writing the passphrase to it...

-- 
Andrew Gallagher

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