Writing over the original file as "gpg -encrypt foo && mv foo.gpg foo"
would do will also :potentially: leave remnants of the original
unencrypted file around. The encrypted file will most likely be smaller
(if plain text) than the original, thus not as many blocks may be
used... also, I don't thi
On 10/28/2019 at 3:43 PM, "Phillip Susi" wrote:Anil Kumar
Pippalapalli via Gnupg-users writes:
> Hello,
> I am trying to encrypt a file on my system using gpg —encrypt command but it
> always creates a new encrypted file I want to overwrite the original file
> instead so that I can only open i
Anil Kumar Pippalapalli via Gnupg-users writes:
> Hello,
> I am trying to encrypt a file on my system using gpg —encrypt command but it
> always creates a new encrypted file I want to overwrite the original file
> instead so that I can only open it using passphrase. Is this possible.
gpg -encry
Hello,
I am trying to encrypt a file on my system using gpg —encrypt command but it
always creates a new encrypted file I want to overwrite the original file
instead so that I can only open it using passphrase. Is this possible.
Thanks,
Anil
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:23, Jay Sulzberger said:
> Is the following correct:
>
> When I use gpg to just encrypt or decrypt a file already on my
> computer/OS's file system, then gpg does not open any formal
> channels of communication going outside my computer/OS.
No. By default gpg may go
