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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 --symmetric --output {{archive.gpg}} {{path/to/directory}}
  • Decrypt archive.gpg into a directory of the same name:
    gpg-zip --decrypt {{path/to/archive.gpg}}
  • List the contents of the encrypted archive.gpg:
    gpg-zip --list-archive {{path/to/archive.gpg}}

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