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Using the GNU Privacy Guard
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This is the 'The GNU Privacy Guard Manual' (version 2.4.7, November
2024).

   (C) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
(C) 2013, 2014, 2015 Werner Koch.
(C) 2015, 2016, 2017 g10 Code GmbH.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
     published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
     License, or (at your option) any later version.  The text of the
     license can be found in the section entitled "Copying".

   This manual documents how to use the GNU Privacy Guard system as well
as the administration and the architecture.

* Menu:

* Installation::        A short installation guide.

* Invoking GPG-AGENT::  How to launch the secret key daemon.
* Invoking DIRMNGR::    How to launch the CRL and OCSP daemon.
* Invoking GPG::        Using the OpenPGP protocol.
* Invoking GPGSM::      Using the S/MIME protocol.
* Invoking SCDAEMON::   How to handle Smartcards.
* Specify a User ID::   How to Specify a User Id.
* Trust Values::        How GnuPG displays trust values.

* Smart Card Tool::     Tool to administrate smart cards.
* Helper Tools::        Description of small helper tools.
* Web Key Service::     Tools for the Web Key Service.

* Howtos::              How to do certain things.
* System Notes::        Notes pertaining to certain OSes.
* Debugging::           How to solve problems.

* Copying::             GNU General Public License says
                        how you can copy and share GnuPG.
* Contributors::        People who have contributed to GnuPG.

* Glossary::            Short description of terms used.
* Option Index::        Index to command line options.
* Environment Index::   Index to environment variables and files.
* Index::	        Index of concepts and symbol names.