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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2010-07-16 15:19:45 +0200
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2010-07-16 15:19:45 +0200
commit8b8925a2bdbb12dd537dde20a27cdb1416c2f1ae (patch)
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parentMake it build on W32 again. (diff)
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Some work on porting dirmngr (unfinished)
Ported gpgtar to W32.
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
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@@ -527,12 +527,13 @@ Print message digest of algorithm ALGO for all given files or STDIN.
With the second form (or a deprecated "*" as algo) digests for all
available algorithms are printed.
-@item --gen-random @code{0|1|2}
+@item --gen-random @code{0|1|2} @code{count}
@opindex gen-random
-Emit @var{count} random bytes of the given quality level. If count is
-not given or zero, an endless sequence of random bytes will be emitted.
-PLEASE, don't use this command unless you know what you are doing; it
-may remove precious entropy from the system!
+Emit @var{count} random bytes of the given quality level 0, 1 or 2. If
+@var{count} is not given or zero, an endless sequence of random bytes
+will be emitted. If used with @option{--armor} the output will be
+base64 encoded. PLEASE, don't use this command unless you know what
+you are doing; it may remove precious entropy from the system!
@item --gen-prime @code{mode} @code{bits}
@opindex gen-prime