jf> Test this in CRON and let me know what happens:

  jf> =====cut here=====
  jf> #!/bin/bash
  jf> cd /tmp
  jf> cat >/tmp/.pass <<EOF
  jf> password
  jf> EOF
  jf> cat thefile | gpg -z9 --no-version --textmode --comment "JLF Sends..."
  jf> --batch --yes --passphrase-fd 2 -a -v -v -c 2<.pass
  jf> =====cut here=====

Thank you. That works, i.e., it sends a GPG-encoded
message on stdout to email. I guess that's what it's
supposed to do.

Meanwhile, I discovered a large clue, running this
script:

----------------------- gcrypt ------------------------
#!/bin/ksh

echo $(</path/to/key) |
    gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --symmetric $HOME/EncodeMe
------------------------- end -------------------------

I run it from a command line and EncodeMe.gpg is
produced.

I run it using at now + 1 minute, and I get an error
message mailed to me that says in part:

/home/lnewton/pbin/gcrypt: No controlling tty (open /dev/tty: No such device or address)
/home/lnewton/pbin/gcrypt: Can't find tty file descriptor
/home/lnewton/pbin/gcrypt: warning: won't have full job control

I've seen this sort of thing from cron jobs before but
have never paused to figure out how to deal with it.

So what would be the next step, something to set up a
controlling tty?

-- 
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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