//free\\ | Password Protect Tar.gz File

Instead of just stopping at the .gz , the user "piped" the archive into GPG. By running a command like this, they transformed the archive into an encrypted .gpg file: tar -czf - folder_to_hide | gpg -c -o secret_archive.tar.gz.gpg

tar -czvf - folder_name | gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 -o archive.tar.gz.gpg Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard password protect tar.gz file

zip -e -AES256 -r secure.zip documents/

for a specific operating system, or should we look at how to this encryption in a script? Instead of just stopping at the