I edited down the pgp.hlp file so that it's more readable (for me anyway). In case you think that the help file is less than helpful, just replace it. PGP maintainers: please add this (or an even more concise version) to the pgp distribution...contrib directory is fine. Stig ------------ Here's a quick summary of PGP v2.2 commands. pgp ciphertextfile [-o plaintextfile] decrypt or verify signature pgp -e textfile her_userid encrypt file w/ pubkey pgp -e textfile userid1 userid2 userid3 multiple recipients pgp -s textfile [-u your_userid] sign plaintext file pgp -es textfile her_userid [-u your_userid] sign, then encrypt pgp -c textfile traditional symmetric cipher only KEY MANAGEMENT: pgp -kg generate your own unique key pair pgp -ka keyfile [keyring] add new key(s) to your keyrings pgp -kx userid keyfile [keyring] extract (copy) a key from a keyring pgp -kxa userid keyfile [keyring] same, except it's ascii pgp -kv[v] [userid] [keyring] view the contents of your public ring pgp -kvc [userid] [keyring] view the "fingerprint" of a public key pgp -kc [userid] [keyring] check signatures of public keys pgp -ke userid [keyring] edit userid/pass-phrase for your keypair pgp -ke userid [keyring] edit the trust parameters for a public key pgp -kr userid [keyring] remove a key (or userid) from your pubring pgp -ks her_userid [-u your_userid] [keyring] sign/certify a public key pgp -krs userid [keyring] remove selected signatures from a pubkey pgp -kd your_userid revoke your key & issue compromise certificate pgp -kd userid disable or reenable a key on your pubring ESOTERIC USAGES: pgp -d ciphertextfile decrypt message and leave its signature pgp -sb textfile [-u your_userid] create signature separate from textfile pgp -b ciphertextfile detach signature from a signed message OTHER FLAGS -a (ascii) produce ascii radix-64 output suitable for email -m (more) read in more mode, force reading in more mode -w (wipe) erase plaintext after encrypting -f (filter) input from stdin and output to stdout -t (text) when encrypting, treat input as ascii text -p when decrypting, recover original filename Ex: pgp -feast her_userid <inputfile >outputfile /* Jonathan Stigelman, Stig@netcom.com, PGP public key by finger */ /* fingerprint = 32 DF B9 19 AE 28 D1 7A A3 9D 0B 1A 33 13 4D 7F */