</dd>
<dt><samp>-n</samp></dt>
<dt><samp>--noread</samp></dt>
<dd><p>Treat any name given on the command line as a new file.  This allows
<code>nano</code> to write to named pipes: it will start with a blank buffer,
and will write to the pipe when the user saves the &quot;file&quot;.  This way
<code>nano</code> can be used as an editor in combination with for instance
<code>gpg</code> without having to write sensitive data to disk first.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><samp>-o <var>directory</var></samp></dt>
<dt><samp>--o