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author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-01-21 02:17:04 +0000 |
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committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-01-21 02:17:04 +0000 |
commit | dd46d58f65bd3a342bbcd8586680942be643fc7d (patch) | |
tree | f573df02bef40f2fcc2f81b0aa89f37b0f40819f /doc/apps/pkcs7.pod | |
parent | e7f97e2d22e386df60c8da63277727a931bf22b7 (diff) |
Change the 'man' directory to 'apps'. Yes I wish cvs
could rename too :-(
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diff --git a/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod b/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0514c5d667 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +pkcs7 - PKCS#7 utility + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl> B<pkcs7> +[B<-inform PEM|DER>] +[B<-outform PEM|DER>] +[B<-in filename>] +[B<-out filename>] +[B<-print_certs>] +[B<-text>] +[B<-noout>] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<pkcs7> command processes PKCS#7 files in DER or PEM format. + +=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-inform DER|PEM> + +This specifies the input format. B<DER> format is DER encoded PKCS#7 +v1.5 structure.B<PEM> (the default) is a base64 encoded version of +the DER form with header and footer lines. + +=item B<-outform DER|PEM> + +This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the +B<-inform> option. + +=item B<-in filename> + +This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this +option is not specified. + +=item B<-out filename> + +specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by +default. + +=item B<-print_certs> + +prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are +preceded by their subject and issuer names in one line format. + +=item B<-text> + +prints out certificates details in full rather than just subject and +issuer names. + +=item B<-noout> + +don't output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates +is B<-print_certs> is set). + +=back + +=head1 EXAMPLES + +Convert a PKCS#7 file from PEM to DER: + + openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -outform DER -out file.der + +Output all certificates in a file: + + openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem + +=head1 RESTRICTIONS + +There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file. + +This PKCS#7 routines only understand PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified in RFC2315 they +cannot currently parse, for example, the new CMS as described in RFC2630. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +crl2pkcs7(1) + +=cut |