elbe-sign

NAME

elbe-sign - Add a signature to the given file

SYNOPSIS

elbe sign <filename> <fingerprint>

DESCRIPTION

Sign the given file with the GPG key having the specified fingerprint. The resulting file will contain both the compressed data and the signature (the same format gpg –sign uses if no other arguments are specified), and it will get a .gpg extension.

The person receiving the file can use gpg –decrypt or elbe-remove_sign(1) to verify the file and to get the original content.

OPTIONS

<filename>: The name of the file to sign.
<fingerprint>: The fingerprint of the private GPG key to use for signing the file.

EXAMPLES

sign rfs.tar.bz2 with the key having the fingerprint FEE1DEAD
```
elbe sign rfs.tar.bz2 FEE1DEAD
```

ELBE

Part of the elbe(1) suite