NAME

       gpgme-tool - Assuan server exposing GnuPG Made Easy operations

SYNOPSIS

       gpgme-tool [--server|-s] [--gpgme-binary=FILE] [--lib-version] [--usage] [--version|-V] [--help|-?]

DESCRIPTION

       gpgme-tool  is a test interface that can exercise the library functionality of GPGME. It is not currently
       intended for production use, but it can be a useful way to dynamically understand and experiment with the
       functionality available from the library.

       Running  this  tool  in  Server  mode (the default mode) results in a text-based, command-driven session.
       When the tool produces (on its standard output) a line beginning with OK or ERR, you can provide it  with
       a command on its standard input.  Try the command HELP to see a list of available commands.  Commands are
       case-insensitive.

       Status lines begin with an S, and data lines begin with a D.

OPTIONS

       gpgme-tool accepts the following options on the command line:

       OPTIONS

       -s,--server
              Server mode (default)

       --gpg-binary=FILE
              Use FILE for the GPG backend

       --lib-version
              Show library version and terminate

       -V,--version
              Print the currently installed version of GPGME to standard output.

       -?,--help
              Print a list of command-line options.

       --usage
              Print a synopsis of gpgme-tool's command line.

EXAMPLE

       Below is an example interaction from a POSIX shell, with user-typed lines in italics, and  data  returned
       by gpgme-tool in bold:

       user@host:~$ gpgme-tool
       OK GPGME-Tool 1.7.0 ready
       strerror 20
       D Unknown compression algorithm <Unspecified source>
       OK
       version
       D 1.7.0
       OK
       armor
       S ARMOR false
       OK
       armor true
       OK
       armor
       S ARMOR true
       OK
       bye
       OK closing connection
       user@host:~$

AUTHORS

       The  GPGME  library  is  written  by  many  contributors,  including Werner Koch, Marcus Brinkmann, Andre
       Heinecke, Justus Winter, and Karl-Heinz Zimmer.

       This manual page page was written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor for the Debian distribution (but may be used  by
       others).

BUGS

       Please report bugs to <https://bugs.gnupg.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       gpgme-tool  is  Copyright  ©  2015-2016  g10  Code  GmbH  License  GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2 or later
       <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>

       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to  the  extent
       permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       gpgme-config(1), /usr/include/gpgme.h, info gpgme