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The command --list-components
will list all components that can
be configured with gpgconf
. Usually, one component will
correspond to one GnuPG-related program and contain the options of
that programs configuration file that can be modified using
gpgconf
. However, this is not necessarily the case. A
component might also be a group of selected options from several
programs, or contain entirely virtual options that have a special
effect rather than changing exactly one option in one configuration
file.
A component is a set of configuration options that semantically belong together. Furthermore, several changes to a component can be made in an atomic way with a single operation. The GUI could for example provide a menu with one entry for each component, or a window with one tabulator sheet per component.
The command argument --list-components
lists all available
components, one per line. The format of each line is:
name:description:pgmname:
This field contains a name tag of the component. The name tag is used
to specify the component in all communication with gpgconf
.
The name tag is to be used verbatim. It is thus not in any
escaped format.
The string in this field contains a human-readable description of the component. It can be displayed to the user of the GUI for informational purposes. It is percent-escaped and localized.
The string in this field contains the absolute name of the program’s file. It can be used to unambiguously invoke that program. It is percent-escaped.
Example:
$ gpgconf --list-components gpg:GPG for OpenPGP:/usr/local/bin/gpg2: gpg-agent:GPG Agent:/usr/local/bin/gpg-agent: scdaemon:Smartcard Daemon:/usr/local/bin/scdaemon: gpgsm:GPG for S/MIME:/usr/local/bin/gpgsm: dirmngr:Directory Manager:/usr/local/bin/dirmngr:
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