[CentOS] help with gpg

Under Centos 5 I ran this command: gpg --passphrase-file /home/myuser/pass_phrase.txt -c ../Versions/program.x86_64.tgz

and this worked fine.

On CentOS 6 running the same command prompts me for the passphrase.

Thats exactly what I dont want to have happen. I have the pass phrase I want in the file.

After some searching it says I need to start the daemon like "gpg-agent --daemon" take the output: GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/gpg-x4WH7K/S.gpg-agent:19156:1; export GPG_AGENT_INFO; and use it - which I did.

Then when I run my command above I still get prompted for the pass phrase.

What am I not doing correct?

I just want a simple phrase on a file that someone has to know before they can extract it. Nothing special going on....

Thanks,

Jerry