Konqueror Service Menu - Decrypt Tarball

Hello,

I often create tarballs (.tar.gz) files and encrypt them using gpg. What I
end up with is a .tar.gz.asc file.

To extract the contents of this .asc file, I (using konqueror):
1. Click on the file and enter my passphrase. This creates the .tar.gz file.
2. Right click on the .tar.gz file and use Extract->Extract Here


What I am trying to do is fold these two steps into one by creating a
Konqueror Service Menu. I have successfully created the entry and the
associated mimetype, etc.

I use the following command (which works from the command line):
gpg --decrypt %F | tar zxC %D -f -

What this does is decrypts the file (absolute path via %F) to stdout and
pipes the contents (the .tar.gz) to tar.

My problem is that in my ~/.xsession-errors I get the following error:
gpg: cannot open `/dev/tty': No such device or address


I'm not sure why gpg what /dev/tty, perhaps its for pinentry-qt? If you use
this command in a terminal a pineentry-qt appears so you can enter in your
passphrase.

Anyone know what I can do to make this work?

Thanks,

Alvin
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