CRYPTDIR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 1 January 1993
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NAME

decryptdir - encrypt/decrypt all files in a directory  

SYNOPSIS

cryptdir [ dir ]
decryptdir [ dir ]  

INTRODUCTION

cryptdir encrypts all files in the current directory (or the given directory if one is provided as an argument). When called as decryptdir (i.e., same program, different name), all files are decrypted.

 

NOTES

When encrypting, you are prompted twice for the password as a precautionary measure. It would be a disaster to encrypt files a password that wasn't what you intended.

In contrast, when decrypting, you are only prompted once. If it's the wrong password, no harm done.

Encrypted files have the suffix .crypt appended. This prevents files from being encrypted twice. The suffix is removed upon decryption. Thus, you can easily add files to an encrypted directory and run cryptdir on it without worrying about the already encrypted files.  

BUGS

The man page is longer than the program.

 

SEE ALSO

"Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs" by Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995.  

AUTHOR

Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
INTRODUCTION
NOTES
BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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