1 GPG(1) GNU Privacy Guard GPG(1)
4 gpg - OpenPGP encryption and signing tool
7 gpg [--homedir dir] [--options file] [options] command [args]
10 gpg is the OpenPGP part of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). It is a tool
11 to provide digital encryption and signing services using the OpenPGP
12 standard. gpg features complete key management and all bells and whis‐
13 tles you can expect from a decent OpenPGP implementation.
15 This is the standalone version of gpg. For desktop use you should con‐
16 sider using gpg2 ([On some platforms gpg2 is installed under the name
20 The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 if at least a signature
21 was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors.