On 6/23/07, Robert Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. Do any of you know of a portable way to safely edit encrypted text > files transparently. Like 'cat foo.gpg | gpg -v -d | vim - | > gpg -v -c --output foo.gpg'... except that vim doesn't write to stdout, and > vim creates clear text .swap files. > > With either openssl or gnupg, piped to an editor which doesn't create swap > files, and prints to stdout. Portable in that it's possible to decrypt the > file on a foreign system (bsd/windows), if needed, and without root. > > robert >
As far as the swap files this would be useful: http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=907 -- Kevin Day -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
