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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2024-01-19 12:40:58 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2024-01-22 10:16:03 +0100
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doc: Document Backup-info in keyformat.txt
-- This name is used by Kleopatra for quite some time now but was missing a specification.
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@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ This field is for card key. If given and the value is "yes"
dialog window when card is not available. When the value is "no", a
card operation is refused with GPG_ERR_UNUSABLE_SECKEY error.
+*** Backup-info
+This gives information for a backup of the key. The follwoing fields
+are space delimited:
+
+- Hexified keygrip (uppercase) to make it easy to identify the
+ filename. When restoring software should make sure that the keygrip
+ matches the one derived from the "Key" field.
+- Backup time in as ISO string.
+- Name of the backup software.
+- Arbitrary information.
* Private Key Format
** Unprotected Private Key Format