# smartcipher_encrypt

The `smartcipher_encrypt` function sends a request to a Micro Focus Voltage SmartCipher server, to encrypt a file.

## Syntax

    smartcipher_encrypt( file, sectionName )

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`file` | (string) The UNC path to the file to encrypt.
`sectionName` | (string) The name of a section in the CFS configuration file that contains configuration parameters required for encryption (for example the SmartCipher API URL). For information about the parameters that you must set, see SmartCipher Task Parameters.

## Returns

Boolean. Returns `true` if SmartCipher reports that encryption is successful.

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