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gpg-zip — Encrypt files and directories in an archive using GPG. More information: <https://www.gnupg.org/docu

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Problem

How to use the gpg-zip command: Encrypt files and directories in an archive using GPG. More information: <https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/gpg_002dzip.html>.

Solution

gpg-zip — Encrypt files and directories in an archive using GPG. More information: <https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/gpg_002dzip.html>.

Encrypt a directory into archive.gpg using a passphrase:

gpg-zip {{[-c|--symmetric]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{archive.gpg}} {{path/to/directory}}

Decrypt archive.gpg into a directory of the same name:

gpg-zip {{[-d|--decrypt]}} {{path/to/archive.gpg}}

List the contents of the encrypted archive.gpg:

gpg-zip --list-archive {{path/to/archive.gpg}}

Code Snippets

Encrypt a directory into `archive.gpg` using a passphrase

gpg-zip {{[-c|--symmetric]}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{archive.gpg}} {{path/to/directory}}

Decrypt `archive.gpg` into a directory of the same name

gpg-zip {{[-d|--decrypt]}} {{path/to/archive.gpg}}

List the contents of the encrypted `archive.gpg`

gpg-zip --list-archive {{path/to/archive.gpg}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gpg-zip

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