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car(1)				  GNU Telephony 			  car(1)

NAME
     car - crytographic archiver.

SYNOPSIS
     car [options] [paths...]
     car --decode [.carfile]

DESCRIPTION
     Creates  and  decodes  portable  cross-platform  crytographic archives.  An
     archive can be a collection of files,  or	an  in-stream  message	that  is
     piped.   Output can be to a binary .car file, or ascified text.  A symetric
     cipher is used, and the passhrase is hashed to form a key.

OPTIONS
     --cipher=name
	    Specify symetric cipher.  By default 256 bit aes is used.

     --decrypt
	    Specify decryption operation on an existing car stream or file.   If
	    no file is specified, stdin is used.

     --digest=name
	    Specify name of digest algorithm.  By default sha will be used.

     --follow
	    Dereference and follow symlinks.  Otherwise they are ignored.

     --output=filename
	    Specify output file for a new archive.  By default stdout is used.

     --overwrite
	    Always overwrite existing files without prompting.

     --quiet
	    Non-interactive and no status output.

     --recursive
	    If	argument is a directory, recursively scan directory and any sub-
	    directory contents as arguments.

     --help
	    Outputs help screen for the user.

AUTHOR
     car was written by David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to bug-commoncpp@gnu.org or bugs@gnutelephony.org.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2010-2014 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks.
     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is  NO
     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

GNU uCommon			  January 2010				  car(1)

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