watchgnupg

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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 $(gpgconf --list-dirs socketdir)/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.

       --time-only
              Do not print the date part of the timestamp.

       --verbose
              Enable extra informational output.

       --version
              Print version of the program and exit.

       --help Display a brief help page and exit.

EXAMPLES
         $ watchgnupg --force --time-only $(gpgconf --list-dirs socketdir)/S.log

       This   waits   for   connections   on   the    local    socket    (e.g.
       '/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 suggested entry for the configuration files is:

         log-file socket://

       If  the  default  socket as given above and returned by "echo $(gpgconf
       --list-dirs socketdir)/S.log" is not desired an arbitrary  socket  name
       can  be  specified, for example 'socket:///home/foo/bar/mysocket'.  For
       debugging purposes it is also possible to do remote logging.  Take care
       if  you  use  this feature because the information is send in the clear
       over the network.  Use this syntax in the conf files:

         log-file tcp://192.168.1.1:4711

       You may use any port and not just 4711 as  shown  above;  only  IP  ad-
       dresses are supported (v4 and v6) and no host names.  You need to start
       watchgnupg with the tcp option.  Note that under Windows  the  registry
       entry  HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:DefaultLogFile can be used to change the
       default log output from stderr to whatever  is  given  by  that  entry.
       However the only useful entry is a TCP name for remote debugging.

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 struc-
       ture and an index.

GnuPG 2.2.19                      2019-11-23                     WATCHGNUPG(1)