In article <m31xm2jigl.fsf@salmon.parasoft.com>, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov-nsp@charter.net> writes:
> "Dale DeRemer" <dderemer@neo.rr.com> writes:
>
> > I'm encrypting a document that needs to be signed. I need to send this
> > document on an automated basis. Problem is, when I encrypt with a signature,
> > it wants my passphrase to complete the signature process. I'm using AIX ksh,
> > and gpg. Any ideas how I can script a response?
>
> The "standard" way to do this is using Expect:
> http://expect.nist.gov

Alternatively, some years back I posted code here that showed how to
use pseudo-ttys in AIX to do this sort of thing. That's what Expect
does, of course - without the input parsing, scripting, etc. I
mention it only in case the OP wants a small, specific solution
rather than a relatively large and general one. If you're going to
do this for more than one or two things, Expect is the way to go.

Of course, scripting a passphrase is almost always a case of
solving the wrong problem, but it's generally impossible to convince
people of that.

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