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10.7 Communicate with a running agent
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The 'gpg-connect-agent' is a utility to communicate with a running
'gpg-agent'.  It is useful to check out the commands 'gpg-agent'
provides using the Assuan interface.  It might also be useful for
scripting simple applications.  Input is expected at stdin and output
gets printed to stdout.

   It is very similar to running 'gpg-agent' in server mode; but here we
connect to a running instance.

* Menu:

* Invoking gpg-connect-agent::       List of all options.
* Controlling gpg-connect-agent::    Control commands.