NAME

getkey — fetch one or more keys from an OpenPGP keyserver

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The getkey utility invokes GnuPG to fetch one or more keys from an OpenPGP keyserver.

RETURN VALUES

The getkey utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

ENVIRONMENT

If the KEYSERVERS variable is set in the environment, getkey will use it to determine which keyservers to fetch the keys from, instead of using pool.sks-keyservers.net.

If the standard HTTP_PROXY variable is set, and NOKEYPROXY is not, then getkey will pass a --http-proxy parameter to gpg(1).

FILES

The getkey utility's operation is currently not directly affected by any files.

EXAMPLES

Fetch some keys from a keyserver:

Explicity specify the keyserver to use:

SEE ALSO

gpg(1)

HISTORY

The getkey utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000.

AUTHORS

Peter Penchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩