WATCHGNUPG(1) GNU Privacy Guard WATCHGNUPG(1)
NAME
watchgnupg - Read and print logs from a socket
SYNOPSIS
watchgnupg [--force] [--verbose] socketname
DESCRIPTION
Most of the main utilities are able to write their log files to a Unix Domain socket if configured that way.
watchgnupg is a simple listener for such a socket. It ameliorates the output with a time stamp and makes sure
that long lines are not interspersed with log output from other utilities. This tool is not available for
Windows.
watchgnupg is commonly invoked as
watchgnupg --force ~/.gnupg/S.log
OPTIONS
watchgnupg understands these options:
--force
Delete an already existing socket file.
--tcp n
Instead of reading from a local socket, listen for connects on TCP port n.
--verbose
Enable extra informational output.
--version
Print version of the program and exit.
--help Display a brief help page and exit.
EXAMPLES
$ watchgnupg --force /home/foo/.gnupg/S.log
This waits for connections on the local socket ‘/home/foo/.gnupg/S.log’ and shows all log entries. To make
this work the option log-file needs to be used with all modules which logs are to be shown. The value for
that option must be given with a special prefix (e.g. in the conf file):
log-file socket:///home/foo/.gnupg/S.log
SEE ALSO
gpg(1), gpgsm(1), gpg-agent(1), scdaemon(1)
The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If GnuPG and the info program are
properly installed at your site, the command
info gnupg
should give you access to the complete manual including a menu structure and an index.
GnuPG 2.0.22 2016-11-05 WATCHGNUPG(1)
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