Talking to GPG on Linux through os.popen

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

"Morten W. Petersen" wrote:
> 
> import os
> 
> f = os.popen('gpg --sign gpgtest.py','w')
> f.write("Test\n")
> 
> Doesn't work for me, and I'm a bit baffled (and annoyed) because I can't
> find the problem.

I'm not surprised by this. Try for example:

echo Test | gpg --sign gpgtest.py

or

echo Test > dummbrot
cat dummbrot | gpg --sign gpgtest.py

gpg does not accept the passphrase from a pipe.

Peter
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