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

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#### 2.6.13 Get the Event Counters

           GETEVENTCOUNTER

This function return one status line with the current values of the event counters. The event counters are useful to avoid polling by delaying a poll until something has changed. The values are decimal numbers in the range `0` to `UINT_MAX` and wrapping around to 0. The actual values should not be relied upon; they shall only be used to detect a change.

The currently defined counters are are:

`ANY`
  Incremented with any change of any of the other counters.
`KEY`
  Incremented for added or removed private keys.
`CARD`
  Incremented for changes of the card readers stati.