1. NAME

seahorse-tool - PGP/GnuPG file encryption for the GNOME Desktop

2. SYNOPSIS

seahorse-tool [ OPTION... ]

3. DESCRIPTION

Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys. seahorse-tool allows you to encrypt, decrypt or sign files. It is integrated into the nautilus right-click menu, but can also be used from the command line.

4. OPTIONS

4.1. Help options

  • -?, --help
        Show summary of all options and exit.
  • --usage
        Display brief usage message and exit.

4.2. Application options

  • -i FILE, --import FILE
        Import keys from the FILE.
  • -e FILE, --encrypt FILE
        Encrypt FILE.
  • -s FILE, --sign FILE
        Sign FILE with default key.
  • -d FILE, --decrypt FILE
        Decrypt encrypted FILE.
  • -v FILE, \fB--verify FILE
        Verify signature FILE.
  • -T, --uri-list
        Read list of URIs on standard in.
  • --version
        Show version information and exit.

4.3. Additional options

In addition, the usual GTK+ and GNOME command line options apply. See the output of --help for details.

5. VERSION

This man page describes seahorse version 0.9.

6. BUGS

If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=seahorse.

7. AUTHORS

Jacob Perkins <>

Stef Walter <>

Adam Schreiber <>

This man page was originally written by Michael Mende <> for the Debian system.

8. COPYRIGHT


Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Jacob Perkins
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Stef Walter, Adam Schreiber

9. LICENSE


You are free to distribute this software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Documentation and help files are covered by GFDL license.

10. SEE ALSO