On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Mike Bean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beandaemon@gmail.com" target="_blank">beandaemon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Concerning gpg - is there an efficient way to remove the original after you encrypt?<br></blockquote></div><br>gnupg doesn't include functionality to manage files, including deleting them. It leaves that up to the OS. Your best bet would be to write a shell script. The alogrithm would be:</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>gpg --encrypt $1<br clear="all"><div>if successful</div><div> delete $1 (either using rm or shred)</div><div>else if not successful</div><div> echo "$1 not successfuly encrypted, not deleting</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Michael Fierro <a href="mailto:biffster@gmail.com" target="_blank">biffster@gmail.com</a><br>"The truth of the matter is, I'm a bright enough guy, but I'm hardly a genius." - Cory Doctorow<br>
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