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NAME
TQSL - digitally sign amateur radio contact logs
SYNOPSIS
tqsl -i [certificate-file]...
tqsl [OPTIONS] [log-file]...
DESCRIPTION
TrustedQSL is a file format and set of procedures that is used to send
digitally signed QSL information (logs of contacts between amateur
radio operators). One notable service that makes use of TrustedQSL is
ARRL's Logbook of the World.
The tqsl program is used to digitally sign contact log files using a
digital certificate. It is also used to generate requests for digital
certificates and to store the resulting received digital certificates.
(Certificates used to be handled by a separate program, tqslcert, but
all functions are now handled by tqsl).
This manual page briefly documents the tqsl program. Complete
documentation is also available:
tqsl: file:///usr/share/TrustedQSL/help/tqslapp/main.htm
OPTIONS
tqsl accepts these command line options:
-b begin_date and -e end_date
Supply a start date and end date for QSOs to be signed. If
present, any QSOs before the begin date will be ignored, and any
after the end date will be ignored. If either begin or end are
omitted, then the corresponding limit is ignored. You should
specify -d with this option to suppress the normal date range
dialog as these options will override the user-specified dates
if given.
-d Suppress date-range dialog. If present, the QSO date-range
dialog will not be shown for files that follow this option on
the command line.
-l location_name
Selects an existing station location. This location will be used
for the commands that follow. If the station location doesn't
exist, tqsl will just exit.
-o output_file
Writes the resulting signed log file to output_file instead of a
default name based on the input log-file name.
-s Add or edit station location. If there is a preceding -l option
the specified location will be edited. If there is no preceding
-l option, a new station location is being added.
-x (or) -q
Exit tqsl. If this argument is used it should be the last one on
the command line. If this argument is not present, tqsl will
begin normal operation after successfully processing all
command-line arguments.
-u Upload log file. If this argument is used, the input files will
be signed then automatically uploaded to the Logbook of the
World web site for processing.
-v Display the version number of tqsl and exit.
-i filename
Import a certificate - either a signed response (.tq6) or a
certificate stored with a private key in PKCS#12 format (.p12).
-t filename
Open a diagnostic trace file at startup. This file will log
internal TQSL function calls for debugging purposes.
log-files
Any command-line parameter that is not an option or an option's
argument will be treated as the name of a log file (ADIF or
Cabrillo) to be signed. The resulting signed file (.tq8) will be
placed in the same directory as the log file, overwriting any
existing .tq8 file of the same name. (Note: If this option is
not preceded by a -l option that selects the station location to
be used for signing, the Select Station Location for Signing
dialog will be presented.) File names that contain spaces or
other shell-special characters should be quoted in a manner
suitable for the operating system and shell that's being used.
If -u is used, the signed log is not saved to disk but is
instead uploaded and submitted to Logbook of the World.
N.B.: If the private key needed to sign a log is protected by a
password, the user will be prompted to supply that password for
each file being signed.
AUTHOR
trustedqsl was written by "American Radio Relay League, Inc." and the
TrustedQSL authors. Please see the AUTHORS.txt file in the source
distribution for a list of contributors.
This manual page was originally prepared by Kamal Mostafa
<kamal@whence.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
August 28, 2013 TQSL(5)