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   Rich to Harold Johanssen   
   Re: Tool to encrypt/decrypt the contents   
   01 Mar 23 19:40:26   
   
   From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Harold Johanssen  wrote:   
   >        I am looking for a tool to encrypt/decrypt the contents of a   
   > directory recursively.  Looking around, people mention gpgdir.  The   
   > thing is, this is a Perl-based tool, and after having been burnt by   
   > third-party Perl tools before, I'd prefer to use something else.   
   > Thus, if there is something out there that people might know about,   
   > I'd like to know.   
      
   Does using tar to collect up the contents recursively, then encrypting   
   the tar file count?   
      
   I.e.:   
      
   tar -cvf - /dir-to-encrypt | gpg --options > encrypted-directory.tar.gpg   
      
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