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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-17 00:41:43 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-17 00:41:43 +0000
commitcd3c54e50f0f0b3839bb70fabbe222e389732146 (patch)
tree6eb97d1ab335c083cc94661d8ed565b70207d0b7 /doc/apps
parenta3fe382e2d2d794c598921cd39117581a2a8941b (diff)
downloadopenssl-cd3c54e50f0f0b3839bb70fabbe222e389732146.tar.gz
Add -pass argument to 'enc'.
Fix to make Win32 compile work again.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps')
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/enc.pod13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/enc.pod b/doc/apps/enc.pod
index 349fca00f8..e436ccc37e 100644
--- a/doc/apps/enc.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/enc.pod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ enc - symmetric cipher routines
B<openssl enc -ciphername>
[B<-in filename>]
[B<-out filename>]
+[B<-pass arg>]
[B<-e>]
[B<-d>]
[B<-a>]
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ the input filename, standard input by default.
the output filename, standard output by default.
+=item B<-pass arg>
+
+the password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
+see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
+
=item B<-salt>
use a salt in the key derivation routines. This option should B<ALWAYS>
@@ -73,11 +79,14 @@ if the B<-a> option is set then base64 process the data on one line.
=item B<-k password>
-the password to derive the key from.
+the password to derive the key from. This is for compatibility with previous
+versions of OpenSSL. Superseded by the B<-pass> argument.
=item B<-kfile filename>
-read the password to derive the key from the first line of B<filename>
+read the password to derive the key from the first line of B<filename>.
+This is for computability with previous versions of OpenSSL. Superseded by
+the B<-pass> argument.
=item B<-S salt>