File: gnupg.info,  Node: Agent GETINFO,  Next: Agent OPTION,  Prev: Agent GETEVENTCOUNTER,  Up: Agent Protocol

2.6.16 Return information about the process
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This is a multipurpose function to return a variety of information.

     GETINFO WHAT

   The value of WHAT specifies the kind of information returned:
'version'
     Return the version of the program.
'pid'
     Return the process id of the process.
'socket_name'
     Return the name of the socket used to connect the agent.
'ssh_socket_name'
     Return the name of the socket used for SSH connections.  If SSH
     support has not been enabled the error 'GPG_ERR_NO_DATA' will be
     returned.