[gentoo-user] how best to encrypt a file

[methylherd]

In which use case? :-D

*If I want to keep files only for me, i use gpg with a keyfile.

I use kde dolphin as file-manager. It has an option in the context menu
to en-/decrypt files or folder with gpg. The really cool feature is the
recovery :) If I break my gui - what, of course, never will happen
because I use a nvidia card :-D , i can easy access my data in a shell.

*If I want to share files with trusted users, i use gpg with a password.

*If I need a backup, i use borgbackup for 1/2 year
now and it's easy to use, fast and powerful. I run two small scripts,
basically a list of borg options, as cron jobs and get a mail with the
repo status after every run.

[1] http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/ ;)



> I have a couple of small files which need to be encrypted :
> one is simple text ( .txt ), the other a spreadsheet ( .ods ).
>
> I haven't used encryption like this before : what do others use ?
>