X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/catacomb/blobdiff_plain/d03ab969116fe715d569304c1c474749b2f64529..674cd11ec63b56561980249cb19a0db54bacfa86:/keyring.5 diff --git a/keyring.5 b/keyring.5 index a2eb7ae..02cae53 100644 --- a/keyring.5 +++ b/keyring.5 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ keyring \- description of Catacomb keyring files .SH DESCRIPTION Keyring files are line-oriented text files. It is recommended that programs use only the provided interface for reading and modifying -keyring files, for consistency of locking and representation: this +keyring files for consistency of locking and representation: this description is provided for the benefit of administrators attempting to understand or repair keyring files. .PP @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ character is are ignored, but are not written back to the file. Thus, the comment facility is not particularly useful. .PP -Each other line describes a key. Key descriptions consist of between 4 -and six whitespace-separated fields. The final comment field may -contain whitespace characters. The fields are, in order: +Each remaining line describes a key. Key descriptions consist of +between 4 and six whitespace-separated fields. The final comment field +may contain whitespace characters. The fields are, in order: .TP .B type The key's type string, set when the key was created. @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ The key's type string, set when the key was created. The actual key, Base64 encoded, as described in RFC2045. .TP .B "expiry time" -The time at which this key expires, represented as an integer number of -seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, not counting leap seconds. The -special value \-1 signifies that this key never expires. +The time at which this key expires, represented as an integer, in the +format returned by the +.BR time (2) +system call. .TP .B "deletion time" The time at which this key should be deleted, using the same