decrypt-data

Decrypt data.

decrypt-data <data> to [ define ] <result> password <password> \
    [ input-length <input length> ] \
    [ salt <salt> ] \
    [ output-length [ define ] <output length> ] \
    [ binary ]

decrypt-data will decrypt data <data> which must have been encrypted with encrypt-data, or other software using the same algorithms as specified. If "input-length" clause is not used, the data to decrypt is considered to be a string, i.e. null-terminated, otherwise, if specified, then exactly that many bytes are decrypted. Password used for decryption is <password> (in "password" clause) and it must match the password used in encrypt-data. If "salt" clause is used, then string <salt> must match salt used in encryption. "output-length" clause lets you obtain the number of bytes in decrypted data in <output length>, which can be created with optional "define". The result of decryption is in <result> (in "to" clause) and can be created with optional "define".

If data was encrypted with "binary" clause, you must decrypt it with the same, and if it was without such clause in encrypt-data, then you must not use it in decrypt-data either. The reason for this is obvious - binary mode of encryption is encrypted data in its shortest form, and character mode (without "binary") is the same data converted to a hexadecimal string - thus decryption must first convert such data back to binary before decrypting.

See encrypt-data.

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