>> Are there cases where gpg --verify will exit 0, even if verification failed?
Verification could fail internally within the gpg program, or externally because the signature fie does not exist or is incorrectly named or maybe corrupt e.g. [srm@~]$ gpg --verify asig.sig; echo $? gpg: can't open `asig.sig': No such file or directory gpg: verify signatures failed: No such file or directory 2 Exit codes in shells indicate problems relating to completion or disruption of the child process invoked by a parent process. They will not record unsuccessful events inside the child process related to program functions, i.e. if you inside gpg editing a key and enter an incorrect subcommand or use it incorrectly then this will not affect the exit code, I don’t think. Sandeep Murthy s.mur...@mykolab.com > On 14 Jan 2015, at 07:51, Dave Pawson <dave.paw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In Unix terms, a program that has run successfully to completion > exits with status zero, no 'extra' semantic attached? > > Dave > > On 13 January 2015 at 19:03, Patrick Schleizer > <patrick-mailingli...@whonix.org> wrote: >> In another thread... >> >> Werner Koch >>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:52, patrick- >>>> When it exits 0, then this approach is sound, sane and fine? >>> You better check the status lines; in particular watch out for >>> >>> [GNUPG:] VALIDSIG E4B868C8F90C..... >>> >>> or use gpgv. >> >> Are there cases where gpg --verify will exit 0, even if verification failed? >> >> (Suppose one uses a separate --homedir where only legitimate signing >> keys are imported.) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gnupg-users mailing list >> Gnupg-users@gnupg.org >> http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > Docbook FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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