$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 
Please select what kind of key you want:
   (1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
   (2) DSA (sign only)
   (5) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048)
Requested keysize is 2048 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 0
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y
 
You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
    "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"
 
Real name: Dominic Mitchell
Email address: dom@happygiraffe.net
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
    "Dominic Mitchell <dom@happygiraffe.net>"
 
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.
 
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
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We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
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gpg: /Users/dom/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key A24D5076 marked as ultimately trusted
public and secret key created and signed.
 
gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: depth: 0  valid:   1  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
pub   1024D/A24D5076 2009-06-24
      Key fingerprint = 2F2E 85D8 A945 41C2 B7D1  667A 8616 2CE5 A24D 5076
uid                  Dominic Mitchell <dom@happygiraffe.net>
sub   2048g/4C2D8074 2009-06-24

$ ls -l ~/.gnupg
total 64
-rw-------  1 dom  dom  9154 21 Jun 20:39 gpg.conf
-rw-------  1 dom  dom  1171 24 Jun 20:44 pubring.gpg
-rw-------  1 dom  dom  1171 24 Jun 20:44 pubring.gpg~
-rw-------  1 dom  dom   600 24 Jun 20:44 random_seed
-rw-------  1 dom  dom  1320 24 Jun 20:44 secring.gpg
-rw-------  1 dom  dom  1280 24 Jun 20:44 trustdb.gpg

$ gpg --send-keys A24D5076
gpg: sending key A24D5076 to hkp server keys.gnupg.net

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