how to import key

[skyup259]

signature key, encryption key and export of pubkeys is working by using below command : ccr -g sig --name "John Doe" # your signature key ccr -g enc --name "John Doe" # your encryption key ccr -p -a -o my_pubkeys.asc -F Doe # export your pubkeys for friends

but i didn't understand how to import key.i tried to use given example but i failed to do that. please suggest .

[exaexa]

A complete example:

user@host ~ $ ccr -g enc -N foobar
Gathering random seed bits from kernel...
If nothing happens, move mouse, type random stuff on keyboard,
or just wait longer.
Seeding done, generating the key...
user@host ~ $ ccr -K
keypair MCEQCMDPC128FO-CUBE256-CHACHA20 @2a0a66bf52caf8c6ba99fa...  foobar
user@host ~ $ ccr -pa -F foobar
------ccr begin publickeys 1vrc5rot3ultpn6j------
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MDEyODQ6czI1OkNDUi1QVUJMSUMtS0VZLVFDTURQQy1NQ0VpMTM0ZXNpMWVpOTg1N2UxMjMzOuSt
LaZ0b3I6rAMEcCQmear1WFAFmpX5Rw6b4s+wb7ft2z7t27Ii8ujsi2lvF8SedlAjZrtDquE/CEny
uymHY9PAC1K4BMpGPSwXRZbEhLysaz3M3Qbaj7P62C41cw7a9UsIM55b3i6rtkLyaEhB0StC2pl4
r3do0PzDKv+E+LqbnlAGfnaO7DtBC5r868VKU8YMAwFtsZDFCYmEXforpQDwtqPgWD59ptEYjc/3
QlP0NaQGFu0/rabF8ZXLBgC+dAkO/LR0ErtbYV89hH0e7akp6OGym9ew8FBC1UsHWAfIDJZRZtEi
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YM5EUQHRfMySxfuAKWydl4aPczZ8MYDepNy3OFwqyTequ26LBn0dPIDotdTtJVFYZVuM/28xjqvl
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kjCStrDl3FkI2l/wxE3YMplDPq2xYrmUIVKiE9u9eTVLdxmVBnjJa0Kyy1Ob9BSGxvzLusYcktVt
CGQUby4Im6Rs53nFXJ9ZsMS9lF3xnpNrQ9IW35RX9t8rAGVlZWU=
------ccr end publickeys 1vrc5rot3ultpn6j------
user@host ~ $ ccr -p -F foobar > key.ccr

...take the file key.ccr to another machine...

user@anotherhost ~ $ ccr -n -i < key.ccr
pubkey  MCEQCMDPC128FO-CUBE256-CHACHA20 @2a0a66bf52caf8c6ba99fa...  foobar
user@anotherhost ~ $ ccr -i < key.ccr
user@anotherhost ~ $ ccr -k
pubkey  MCEQCMDPC128FO-CUBE256-CHACHA20 @2a0a66bf52caf8c6ba99fa...  foobar

... it's there!

A commentary:

• I create a keypair using -g
• look at it using -K
• export a public part of the keypair using -p to a file key.ccr
• you can also import the ascii-armored key I printed out there, using -pa to YOUR ccr using import with -a option. -a option triggers ascii-armored output suitable for text processing.
• I peek at the key on another machine, using -n -i -- it is like --import, but with --no-action to prevent accidentally importing something I don't want.
• After I see that I really want to import the pubkey, I import it using -i.

If it doesn't work for you this way, please reopen with exact error.