Take note that when ARMOR is set to OFF, the output will be BINARY. This is wanted for converting file data to a binary gpg format.With the ARMOR set to ON, the output is ASCII. This might be used for messaging (email, IM, IRC, etc).Example with Armor on:-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)hQIOA+9JbyriNorZEAf/UuCyC0T80XffXVkmewfrRSvtsYbNSGZFvSr+32jJT2fs......=YJ4D-----END PGP MESSAGE-----