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GPGV2(1) GNU Privacy Guard 2.4 GPGV2(1) NAME gpgv2 - Verify OpenPGP signatures SYNOPSIS gpgv2 [options] signed_files DESCRIPTION gpgv2 is an OpenPGP signature verification tool. This program is actually a stripped-down version of gpg which is only able to check signatures. It is somewhat smaller than the fully-blown gpg and uses a different (and simpler) way to check that the public keys used to make the signature are valid. There are no configuration files and only a few options are implemented. gpgv2 assumes that all keys in the keyring are trustworthy. That does also mean that it does not check for expired or revoked keys. If no --keyring option is given, gpgv looks for a ``default'' keyring named `trustedkeys.kbx' (preferred) or `trustedkeys.gpg' in the home directory of GnuPG, either the default home directory or the one set by the --homedir option or the GNUPGHOME environment variable. If any --keyring option is used, gpgv will not look for the default keyring. The --keyring option may be used multiple times and all specified keyrings will be used together. RETURN VALUE The program returns 0 if everything is fine, 1 if at least one signa- ture was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors. OPTIONS gpgv2 recognizes these options: --verbose -v Gives more information during processing. If used twice, the in- put data is listed in detail. --quiet -q Try to be as quiet as possible. --keyring file Add file to the list of keyrings. If file begins with a tilde and a slash, these are replaced by the HOME directory. If the filename does not contain a slash, it is assumed to be in the home-directory ("~/.gnupg" if --homedir is not used). --output file -o file Write output to file; to write to stdout use -. This option can be used to get the signed text from a cleartext or binary signa- ture; it also works for detached signatures, but in that case this option is in general not useful. Note that an existing file will be overwritten. --status-fd n Write special status strings to the file descriptor n. See the file DETAILS in the documentation for a listing of them. --logger-fd n Write log output to file descriptor n and not to stderr. --log-file file Same as --logger-fd, except the logger data is written to file file. Use `socket://' to log to socket. --ignore-time-conflict GnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and signatures have plausible values. However, sometimes a sig- nature seems to be older than the key due to clock problems. This option turns these checks into warnings. --homedir dir Set the name of the home directory to dir. If this option is not used, the home directory defaults to `~/.gnupg'. It is only recognized when given on the command line. It also overrides any home directory stated through the environment variable `GNUPGHOME' or (on Windows systems) by means of the Registry en- try HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:HomeDir. On Windows systems it is possible to install GnuPG as a portable application. In this case only this command line option is con- sidered, all other ways to set a home directory are ignored. --weak-digest name Treat the specified digest algorithm as weak. Signatures made over weak digests algorithms are normally rejected. This option can be supplied multiple times if multiple algorithms should be considered weak. MD5 is always considered weak, and does not need to be listed explicitly. --enable-special-filenames This option enables a mode in which filenames of the form `-&n', where n is a non-negative decimal number, refer to the file de- scriptor n and not to a file with that name. --assert-pubkey-algo algolist This option works in the same way as described for gpg. EXAMPLES gpgv2 pgpfile gpgv2 sigfile [datafile] Verify the signature of the file. The second form is used for detached signatures, where sigfile is the detached signature (either ASCII-armored or binary) and datafile contains the signed data; if datafile is "-" the signed data is expected on stdin; if datafile is not given the name of the file holding the signed data is constructed by cutting off the extension (".asc", ".sig" or ".sign") from sigfile. FILES ~/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg The default keyring with the allowed keys. ENVIRONMENT HOME Used to locate the default home directory. GNUPGHOME If set directory used instead of "~/.gnupg". SEE ALSO gpg(1) The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If GnuPG and the info program are properly installed at your site, the command info gnupg should give you access to the complete manual including a menu struc- ture and an index. GnuPG 2.4.7 2025-04-12 GPGV2(1)
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