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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sapporo@sopuli.xyz to c/programming@programming.dev

Namely, de-facto, or one of, in Linux. Mature. No GUI. Open-source and free.

What is it? GPG or anything else?

For a separate file(s), or directory(ies), and not for the entire disk or partition.

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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you want per-directory encryption, there are several options. This front-end project lists a bunch of them in its Supported Backends section.

(Full disk encryption does have a single conventional answer: LUKS. Many distros offer to set this up at install time.)

You're posting in a programming community, though, not a linux help community. Are you looking for a library for use in software you're writing?

[-] sapporo@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 month ago

"I don’t want to encypt them in-place because I’ll be uploading them onto a server, copying them on an external drive."

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