When I run using '-f' argument, the cursor is just stuck there and doesnt do any thing.

I tried the following and it worked but the description for 'w' scares me :(

$encrytion = `pgp -eaw +batchmode $file publickey.pgp`;

Description from Doc "This instructs PGP to create a ciphertext file “message.pgp”, and to destroy the plaintext file “message.txt”. Note that this option will not wipe out any fragments of plaintext that your word processor might have created on the disk while you were editing the message before running PGP. Most word processors create backup files, scratch files, or both. PGP overwrites the file 26 times."

Is it safe to use the above command or does it do something funky and I'm better off issuing a separate delete command for the original file?

Thank you for your help

In reply to Re^2: OT: PGP encryption command to use in Perl by newperlmonkey
in thread OT: PGP encryption command to use in Perl by newperlmonkey

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