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user2666821
user2666821

Reputation: 9

Decrypting PGP using a bat file with unattended password

i am new to PGP and i am trying to setup a bat file to decrypt my files to load into Automated Task. i was able to put together a bat file that worked however it kept prompting me for a password even though it was included in my bat command. Deeper research i found that gpg-agent needs to allow loopback as mentioned here https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2015-May/029851.html So when i include --pinentry-mode loopback it now loops infinitely! If i remove it from my bat statement it still loops infinitely! without decrypting anything. Furthermore i have to force close the window. Here is the command i am using..

echo MyPassPhrase | gpg -v  --batch --yes --pinentry-mode loopback --passphrase-fd 0 --force-mdc -d testing.file.pgp

Even if i use..

gpg -v -o test.txt --force-mdc -d testing.file.pgp

it loops infinitely!

Something is obviously wrong. I am using the GnuPG version 2.2.8. Thinking i should downgrade?? Been having a lot of issues with this version.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3945

Answers (1)

Squashman
Squashman

Reputation: 14290

Never had any issues using this syntax

gpg --batch --passphrase somepassphrase -o  "Outfile.txt" --decrypt "Input.pgp"

Got a couple dozen automated tasks that do this several times a day.

Upvotes: 0

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