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Cool! I usually use gpg-zip for this purpose on machines where I have gpg installed.

  gpg-zip --symmetric --gpg-args --cipher-algo=AES256 --output backup.tar.gpg file1 file2 file3

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What do you do to keep your GPG keys safe (i.e. so you don't accidentally lose them)?

in that example he is using symmetric encryption , so a password, no private key.

Symmetric encryption is still based on secret keys, not passwords. Symmetric cryptosystems that appear to use passwords just transform them with a key derivation function into a suitable-length encryption key for the underlying cipher.

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