ENCFSCTL(1) Encrypted Filesystem ENCFSCTL(1) (NAME) encfsctl - EncFS (SYNOPSIS) encfsctl [command command_args] encfsctl [info] rootdir encfsctl passwd rootdir encfsctl showcruft rootdir encfsctl decode [--extpass=prog] rootdir [encoded name ...] encfsctl encode [--extpass=prog] rootdir [plaintext name ...] encfsctl cat [--extpass=prog] [--reverse] rootdir <(cipher|plain) filename> (DESCRIPTION) encfsctl EncFS . . (COMMANDS) info . rootdir . (mount) . info . passwd . . showcruft ( MAC ). . decode . ( ). . --extpass - encfs. stdin . encode . . --extpass - encfs. stdin . cat (cat) . . --reverse . (EXAMPLES) : % encfsctl info ~/.crypt Version 5 configuration; created by EncFS 1.1 (revision 20040504) Filesystem cipher: "ssl/aes" , version 2:1:1 Filename encoding: "nameio/block" , version 3:0:1 Key Size: 192 bits Block Size: 512 bytes Each file contains 8 byte header with unique IV data. Filesname encoded using IV chaining mode. (DISCLAIMER) . "COPYING" encfs . (AUTHORS) EncFS Valient Gough . (SEE ALSO) encfs(1) 1.9.5 2025-03-21 ENCFSCTL(1)