This problem exists with gpg and with the older pgp 2.x. I'd like to solve it by redirecting STDIN because pgp 2.x doesn't implement the options that you specify.
--- On Sun, 8/29/10, Laurent Jumet <laurent.ju...@skynet.be> wrote: > From: Laurent Jumet <laurent.ju...@skynet.be> > Subject: Re: Redirecting STDIN > To: "James Board" <gnupg-users@gnupg.org> > Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 5:43 AM > > Hello James ! > > James Board <jpboa...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > I'm trying to encode a file in a shell script on a > linux machine. The > > script is getting stuck on an interactive question for > which the answer is > > always 'y' (yes). I tried redirecting stdin from > a file, and with 'echo "y" > > | ....", but that doesn't work for some reason (it > works with other programs > > that take interactive input from the user). I > also tried the --yes option, > > but this doesn't work either. > > How can I redirect STDIN to pgp so that questions are > always answered 'y' > > and my script won't have to wait on user inputs? > > "--yes" means "Assume yes on most questions" > "--batch" means "Never ask, do not allow > interactive functions" > "--no-tty" means "No warnings to terminal > because GPG sometimes prints warnings even if --batch is > used" > > Using one, two or 3 of these options should > solve the problem. > > -- > Laurent Jumet > KeyID: 0xCFAF704C > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
