Operation not supported by device

2017-07-24 Thread Stefan Claas
Hi all, when clear signing a text file, with the latest version of GnuPG under macOS, i get the following message: gpg --clearsign loremipsum.txt gpg: selecting openpgp failed: Operation not supported by device The file is signed and can be verified. Just wondering (after googling) what this

Re: Test symmetrically encrypted files for errors - make sure they can be decrypted

2017-07-24 Thread Neal H. Walfield
At Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:01:45 +0200 (CEST), wrote: > I am using GnuPG 1.4.x to symmetrically encrypt files before I > transfer them to "the cloud" for backup reasons. > Is there any way to test these encrypted files for errors, i.e. to > make sure they can be decrypted

Re: Test symmetrically encrypted files for errors - make sure they can be decrypted

2017-07-24 Thread Peter Lebbing
Hi! On 22/07/17 00:01, karel-...@tutanota.com wrote: > In short I am searching for something like the test option for packed > files that most archivers offer. I don't know what OS you're using, so the details might differ but this works for me: $ gpg --batch -o /dev/null -d test.txt.gpg ; echo

Test symmetrically encrypted files for errors - make sure they can be decrypted

2017-07-24 Thread karel-v_g
Hello!I am using GnuPG 1.4.x to symmetrically encrypt files before I transfer them to "the cloud" for backup reasons.Is there any way to test these encrypted files for errors, i.e. to make sure they can be decrypted correctly without actually having to decrypt them again?Providing the