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.

       By  default  a  keyring  named ‘trustedkeys.kbx’ is used; if that does not exist a keyring
       named ‘trustedkeys.gpg’ is used.  The default  keyring  is  assumed  to  be  in  the  home
       directory  of  GnuPG,  either the default home directory or the one set by an option or an
       environment variable.  The option --keyring may be used to specify a different keyring  or
       even multiple keyrings.

RETURN VALUE

       The  program  returns  0  if  everything is fine, 1 if at least one signature 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 input 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).

       --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.

       --ignore-time-conflict
              GnuPG normally checks that the timestamps associated with keys and signatures  have
              plausible values. However, sometimes a signature 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  entry
              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 considered, all other ways to set a home
              directory are ignored.

              To install GnuPG as a portable application under Windows, create an empty file name
              ‘gpgconf.ctl’  in  the  same  directory as the tool ‘gpgconf.exe’.  The root of the
              installation is than that  directory;  or,  if  ‘gpgconf.exe’  has  been  installed
              directly  below  a  directory  named ‘bin’, its parent directory.  You also need to
              make sure that the following directories exist and are  writable:  ‘ROOT/home’  for
              the GnuPG home and ‘ROOT/var/cache/gnupg2’ for internal cache files.

       --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.

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

       gpg2(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 structure and an index.