Thanks for the input.

Actually, i was able to get going by using .bat files to call the pgp command. Instead of trying to use the cd command inside the xp_cmdshell 'cd\ fullpath-to-\pgp.exe --decrypt filename.pgp -o j:\directory-to-put-file-in\'

decryption wound up being something like:

inside x.bat file

cd

pgp.exe '--decrypt "filename.pgp" -o "j:\directory-to-put-file-in\" --passphrase "passphrase"'

encrypt would be

cd

pgp.exe '-er "recipient-enrypted-to" encrypted-filename.csv'

Ed B.