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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how best to encrypt a file
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 21:22:51
Message-Id: 20180708212241.GI1970@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how best to encrypt a file by Alec Ten Harmsel
1 180703 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
2 > On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 05:47:22AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
3 >> I have a couple of small files which need to be encrypted :
4 >> one is simple text ( .txt ), the other a spreadsheet ( .ods ).
5 >> I haven't used encryption like this before : what do others use ?
6 > I have used `gpg' to do this before:
7 > # Encrypt with a passphrase
8 > gpg -c <file>
9 > # Decrypt
10 > gpg -d <file>.gpg
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12 Thanx for this : I've used it to do the encryption I want.
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14 Thanx also to the others who replied : I will add the info to my notes.
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