Agent Commands - Using the GNU Privacy Guard
Description: Using the GNU Privacy Guard

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### 2.1 Commands

Commands are not distinguished from options execpt for the fact that only one one command is allowed.

`--version`
  Print the program version and licensing information. Not that you can abbreviate this command.
`--help`
`-h`
  Print a usage message summarizing the most useful command-line options. Not that you can abbreviate this command.
`--dump-options`
  Print a list of all available options and commands. Not that you can abbreviate this command.
`--server`
  Run in server mode and wait for commands on the `stdin`. The default mode is to create a socket and listen for commands there.
`--daemon [`command line`]`
  Run the program in the background. This option is required to prevent it from being accidently running in the background. A common way to do this is:

  $ eval `gpg-agent –daemon`