GPG-PGP(1)

GPG-PGP
gpg-pgp - script to run GPG making it as PGP 2.x-compatible as possible

SYNOPSIS
gpg-pgp [options] files ...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the gpg-pgp script. The script itself takes no options, but simply passes them onto GPG itself.

gpg-pgp is a very simple script. Basically, it runs GPG with the command line, prefixed with --load-extension rsa --load-extension idea --cipher-algo idea --rfc1991 , and possibly one or both of --keyring $HOME/.pgp/pubring.pgp --secret-keyring $HOME/.pgp/secring.pgp .

The related script gpg does the same, but doesn't include the options "--load-extension idea --cipher-algo idea". (Actually, it will include "--load-extension idea" if the extension module is present.) This is normally completely compatible with PGP 2.x for signing, but not for encrypting, and is also 100% compatible with GPG WITHOUT this script (hence why it replaces GPG by default). It is installed as a diversion, and real GPG is in /usr/bin/gpg.gnupg.

SEE ALSO
/usr/doc/gpg-rsaidea/README.Debian, gpg.gnupg(1), gpgm(1).

AUTHOR
The script, and this manual page were written by Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>.