how can I use/test pinentry?

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how can I use/test pinentry?
\ Richard Bronosky (1 Oct 2007)
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Subject:	how can I use/test pinentry?
Group:	Gnupg-users
From:	Richard Bronosky
Date:	1 Oct 2007

I have an app that is barfing trying to call pinentry. I was to try
calling pinentry manually to make sure that it is doing the right
thing. Information is very parse. Based on...

pinentry -h
Usage: pinentry [OPTION]...
Ask securely for a secret and print it to stdout.

--display DISPLAY Set the X display
--ttyname PATH Set the tty terminal node name
--ttytype NAME Set the tty terminal type
--lc-ctype Set the tty LC_CTYPE value
--lc-messages Set the tty LC_MESSAGES value
-e, --enhanced Ask for timeout and insurance, too
-g, --no-global-grab Grab keyboard only while window is focused
--parent-wid Parent window ID (for positioning)
-d, --debug Turn on debugging output
-h, --help Display this help and exit
--version Output version information and exit

I would expect there to be some way for me to call it from the command
line and get prompted for a password. The best I can do is get it to
prompt me with: "OK Your orders please" and the only thing I have
found that doesn't give an "ERR 103 unknown command" is "OPTION ..."
(which I found in a mailing list post.) I cannot find any other
commands.

Please advise.

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