Re: password protecting a file

From: Peter Valdemar Mørch (4nr8e4s02_at_sneakemail.com)
Date: 03/01/04

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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 10:53:50 +0100

Andreas Janssen wrote:
> gpg can use symmetric encryption.

And, if you put the section "GPG Integration" into your ~/.vimrc, then
vi (vim) will automatically prompt for a password, decrypt, edit, and
re-encrypt all *.gpg files.
http://mundy.yazzy.org/unix/vim.php

Then you can seemlessly:

vi mysecrets.gpg
(enter password)

Totally cool!

Peter

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