gnupg: Invoking gpg-connect-agent
9.7.1 List of all options
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'gpg-connect-agent' is invoked this way:
gpg-connect-agent [options] [commands]
The following options may be used:
'-v'
'--verbose'
Output additional information while running.
'-q'
'--quiet'
Try to be as quiet as possible.
'--homedir DIR'
Set the name of the home directory to DIR. If this option is not
used, the home directory defaults to '~/.gnupg'. It is only
recognized when given on the command line. It also overrides any
home directory stated through the environment variable 'GNUPGHOME'
or (on Windows systems) by means of the Registry entry
HKCU\SOFTWARE\GNU\GNUPG:HOMEDIR.
On Windows systems it is possible to install GnuPG as a portable
application. In this case only this command line option is
considered, all other ways to set a home directory are ignored.
To install GnuPG as a portable application under Windows, create an
empty file named 'gpgconf.ctl' in the same directory as the tool
'gpgconf.exe'. The root of the installation is then that
directory; or, if 'gpgconf.exe' has been installed directly below a
directory named 'bin', its parent directory. You also need to make
sure that the following directories exist and are writable:
'ROOT/home' for the GnuPG home and 'ROOT/var/cache/gnupg' for
internal cache files.
'--agent-program FILE'
Specify the agent program to be started if none is running. The
default value is determined by running 'gpgconf' with the option
'--list-dirs'. Note that the pipe symbol ('|') is used for a
regression test suite hack and may thus not be used in the file
name.
'--dirmngr-program FILE'
Specify the directory manager (keyserver client) program to be
started if none is running. This has only an effect if used
together with the option '--dirmngr'.
'--dirmngr'
Connect to a running directory manager (keyserver client) instead
of to the gpg-agent. If a dirmngr is not running, start it.
'-S'
'--raw-socket NAME'
Connect to socket NAME assuming this is an Assuan style server. Do
not run any special initializations or environment checks. This
may be used to directly connect to any Assuan style socket server.
'-E'
'--exec'
Take the rest of the command line as a program and it's arguments
and execute it as an Assuan server. Here is how you would run
'gpgsm':
gpg-connect-agent --exec gpgsm --server
Note that you may not use options on the command line in this case.
'--no-ext-connect'
When using '-S' or '--exec', 'gpg-connect-agent' connects to the
Assuan server in extended mode to allow descriptor passing. This
option makes it use the old mode.
'--no-autostart'
Do not start the gpg-agent or the dirmngr if it has not yet been
started.
'-r FILE'
'--run FILE'
Run the commands from FILE at startup and then continue with the
regular input method. Note, that commands given on the command
line are executed after this file.
'-s'
'--subst'
Run the command '/subst' at startup.
'--hex'
Print data lines in a hex format and the ASCII representation of
non-control characters.
'--decode'
Decode data lines. That is to remove percent escapes but make sure
that a new line always starts with a D and a space.
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