10.4.9 Files used by gpgconf

gpgconf.ctl

Under Unix gpgconf.ctl may be used to change some of the compiled in directories where the GnuPG components are expected. This file is expected in the same directory as gpgconf. The physical installation directories are evaluated and no symlinks. Blank lines and lines starting with pound sign are ignored in the file. The keywords must be followed by optional white space, an equal sign, optional white space, and the value. Environment variables are substituted in standard shell manner, the final value must start with a slash, trailing slashes are stripped. Valid keywords are rootdir, sysconfdir, socketdir, and .enable. No errors are printed for unknown keywords. The .enable keyword is special: if the keyword is used and its value evaluates to true the entire file is ignored.

Under Windows this file is used to install GnuPG as a portable application. An empty file named gpgconf.ctl is expected in the same directory as the tool gpgconf.exe. The root of the installation is then that directory; or, if gpgconf.exe has been installed directly below a directory named bin, its parent directory. You also need to make sure that the following directories exist and are writable: ROOT/home for the GnuPG home and ROOT/usr/local/var/cache/gnupg for internal cache files.

/etc/gnupg/gpgconf.conf

If this file exists, it is processed as a global configuration file. This is a legacy mechanism which should not be used together with the modern global per component configuration files. A commented example can be found in the examples directory of the distribution.

GNUPGHOME/swdb.lst

A file with current software versions. dirmngr creates this file on demand from an online resource.