(gnupg1.info.gz) GPG Configuration

 
 1.3 Configuration files
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 There are a few configuration files to control certain aspects of
 `gpg''s operation. Unless noted, they are expected in the current home
 directory ( option --homedir).
 
 `gpg.conf'
      This is the standard configuration file read by `gpg' on startup.
      It may contain any valid long option; the leading two dashes may
      not be entered and the option may not be abbreviated.  This default
      name may be changed on the command line ( option --options).
 
 
    Note that on larger installations, it is useful to put predefined
 files into the directory `/etc/skel/.gnupg/' so that newly created users
 start up with a working configuration.
 
    For internal purposes `gpg' creates and maintaines a few other
 files; They all live in in the current home directory ( option
 --homedir).  Only the `gpg' may modify these files.
 
 `~/.gnupg/secring.gpg'
      The secret keyring.
 
 `~/.gnupg/secring.gpg.lock'
      and the lock file
 
 `~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg'
      The public keyring
 
 `~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg.lock'
      and the lock file
 
 `~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg'
      The trust database
 
 `~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg.lock'
      and the lock file
 
 `~/.gnupg/random_seed'
      used to preserve the internal random pool
 
 `/usr[/local]/share/gnupg/options.skel'
      Skeleton options file
 
 `/usr[/local]/lib/gnupg/'
      Default location for extensions
 
 
    Operation is further controlled by a few environment variables:
 
 HOME
      Used to locate the default home directory.
 
 GNUPGHOME
      If set directory used instead of "~/.gnupg".
 
 GPG_AGENT_INFO
      Used to locate the gpg-agent.  This is only honored when
      `--use-agent' is set.  The value consists of 3 colon delimited
      fields: The first is the path to the Unix Domain Socket, the
      second the PID of the gpg-agent and the protocol version which
      should be set to 1. When starting the gpg-agent as described in
      its documentation, this variable is set to the correct value. The
      option `--gpg-agent-info' can be used to override it.
 
 COLUMNS
 LINES
      Used to size some displays to the full size of the screen.
 
 LANGUAGE
      Apart from its use by GNU, it is used in the W32 version to
      override the language selection done through the Registry.  If
      used and set to a a valid and available language name (LANGID),
      the file with the translation is loaded from
      `GPGDIR/gnupg.nls/LANGID.mo'.  Here GPGDIR is the directory out of
      which the gpg binary has been laoded.  If it can't be loaded the
      Registry is tried as a fallback.
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