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   August Abolins to Maurice Kinal   
   gpg | base64 to text file, how?   
   19 Sep 25 19:13:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 2490d593   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.113 68cdcd5c   
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   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello Maurice Kinal!   
      
   ** On Friday 19.09.25 - 21:38, Maurice Kinal wrote to Aug:   
      
    MK> Hej Aug!   
      
    >> i dropped to a sh ($) shell in busybox, and that worked!   
      
    MK> Ah!  I am assuming your version of busybox is using the   
    MK> ash shell.  The last time I used/built busybox I turned   
    MK> off all the builtin shells and made bash the shell of   
    MK> choice.  I think in your case/usage ash should be good   
    MK> enough.   
      
   busybox offers several shells:  ash, sh, bash.   
      
   I'm not sure what specifically the "sh" one is.   
      
      
    MK> I don't use gpg so I am totally green to whatever it is you're attempting   
    MK> to do.   
      
   Explained in a previous post.   
      
      
    MK> For the record;   
      
    > :read !gpg --version   
    MK> gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.8   
    MK> libgcrypt 1.11.2   
    MK> Copyright (C) 2025 g10 Code GmbH   
      
   You are quite up to date.   
      
   How is the " > :read !gpg --versionú" implemented?   
      
      
    MK> [...] I most definetly would/will stay away from zip.   
    MK> What a ripoff that has been since day one.   
      
   ZIP was/is quite ubiquitous. What makes it a ripoff?   
      
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