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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-01-10 04:23:38 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-01-10 04:23:38 +0000
commit990b210d2a9ed6ba230e64f453e03c4eea96070c (patch)
tree5f19a00415e6daaef9b8986f220d3b6a92176923 /usr.bin/signify/signify.1
parent1b6431d65e7f958dd666800a1c9ee5d4a00d06ef (diff)
change the listing of the options, because there is way too much
befuddlement. sorry jmc ok tedu
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: signify.1,v 1.9 2014/01/10 04:15:38 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: signify.1,v 1.10 2014/01/10 04:23:37 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\"Copyright (c) 2013 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
.\"Copyright (c) 2013 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
@@ -22,26 +22,26 @@
.Nd cryptographically sign and verify files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm signify
+.Fl G
.Op Fl n
.Fl p Ar pubkey
.Fl s Ar seckey
-.Fl G
.Nm signify
+.Fl I
.Op Fl o Ar signature
.Op Fl p Ar pubkey
.Op Fl s Ar seckey
-.Fl I
.Nm signify
+.Fl S
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl o Ar output
.Fl s Ar seckey
-.Fl S
.Ar message
.Nm signify
+.Fl V
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl o Ar output
.Fl p Ar pubkey
-.Fl V
.Ar message
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -49,22 +49,23 @@ The
utility creates and verifies cryptographic signatures for
an input file
.Ar message .
-The mode of operation is selected by the
-.Fl G ,
-.Fl S ,
-or
-.Fl V
-options.
-.Pp
-The options are as follows:
+The mode of operation is selected with the following options:
.Bl -tag -width Dssoutput
-.It Fl e
-Embed the message after the signature when signing.
-For verification, extract the message from the signature.
.It Fl G
Generate a new keypair.
.It Fl I
Inspect the specified keys or signature and print their fingerprint.
+.It Fl S
+Sign the input file.
+.It Fl V
+Verify the input file and signature match.
+.El
+.Pp
+The other options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Dssoutput
+.It Fl e
+Embed the message after the signature when signing.
+For verification, extract the message from the signature.
.It Fl n
Do not ask for a passphrase during key generation.
Otherwise,
@@ -80,16 +81,12 @@ Public key produced by
and used by
.Fl V
to check a signature.
-.It Fl S
-Sign the input file.
.It Fl s Ar seckey
Secret (private) key produced by
.Fl G ,
and used by
.Fl S
to sign a message.
-.It Fl V
-Verify the input file and signature match.
.El
.Pp
The key and signature files created by