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HELP INDEX                                                       84/03/03

                        HELP LIBRARY STRUCTURE


                             HELP  --------+-->  any_command_name
                              |            |-->  some_topic
                              |
      +------------------+----+---------------+------------------+
      |                  |                    |                  |
      |                  |                    |                  |
      V                  V                    V                  V
    SHELL               DM                 INDEX             COMMANDS
   (info)             (info)             (this file)      (alphabetical)
      |                  |
      |              +---+-----+----------+
      |              |         |          |
      V              V         V          V
   COMMANDS        KEYS      RANGE    COMMANDS
(topical index)  (definition)      (topical index)



                           INDEX OF HELP COMMANDS


  Help is available in the following areas:

  FOR INFORMATION ON:                          TYPE:

    .  An introduction to HELP                   HELP

    .  An alphabetical list of Shell             HELP COMMANDS
       and DM commands

    .  Logging on to the system                  HELP LOGIN

    .  Logging off the system                    HELP LO

    .  Documentation available at the            HELP MANUALS
       current release


  The Shell

    .  An explanation of the Shell,              HELP SHELL
       how to enter a Shell command, and a
       description of the Shell command
       format

    .  A directory of Shell commands             HELP SHELL COMMANDS
       arranged by topic

    .  A list of common nouns that frequently    HELP COMMAND NOUNS
       appear in Shell commands

    .  A list of common verbs that frequently    HELP COMMAND VERBS
       appear in Shell commands

    .  Detailed information on a                 HELP command_name
       specific Shell command                    (or command_name -HELP)

    .  A brief description of a specific         command_name -USAGE
       command and its format

    .  The software version number of a          command_name -VERSION
       specific command

    .  Using pathnames in Shell commands         HELP PATHNAMES

    .  An explanation of wildcards, the          HELP WILDCARDS
       use of a wildcard in place of a
       pathname, and rules for wildcard
       construction

    .  Using the Shell command line              HELP CL
       parser

    .  Shell command date-time syntax            HELP DATETIME

    .  The regular expression syntax             HELP PATTERNS
       used for pattern-matching


  The Display Manager

    .  The Display Manager                       HELP DM

    .  A directory of DM commands                HELP DM COMMANDS
       arranged by topic

    .  Detailed information on a                 HELP command_name
       specific DM command

    .  An explanation of special                 HELP DM KEYS
       function keys used by the DM

    .  Defining a range for DM operations        HELP DM RANGE

    .  A list of DM pad calls                    HELP SYSCALLS PAD

    .  Window creation and manipulation          HELP WINDOWS

    .  Standard character fonts                  HELP FONTS
       supplied with each node


  Protection

    .  General information on object             HELP PROTECTION
       protection

    .  Access control lists (specifying          HELP PROTECTION ACLS
       who can access an object)

    .  A list of commands used with ACLS         HELP ACLS

    .  Access rights to objects                  HELP PROTECTION RIGHTS

    .  An explanation of protected               HELP PROTECTION
       subsystems (defining how files             PROTECTED_SUBS
       can be accessed)

    .  A list of commands used to                HELP PROTECTED_SUBSYSTEMS
       create protected subsystems

    .  Subject identifier syntax                 HELP PROTECTION SIDS
       and usage


  Network Registry Manipulation

    .  The interactive EDACCT commands           HELP EDACCT COMMANDS
       used to create network accounts

    .  Specific interactive EDACCT               HELP EDACCT command_name
       commands

    .  Specific interactive EDPPO                HELP EDPPO command_name
       commands used to create user,
       project, and organization names


  Peripheral Device Control

    .  Processes that provide local              HELP SERVERS
       and/or network access to a
       resource

    .  The process that controls the             HELP PRSVR
       printing of files

    .  Print server configuration                HELP PRSVR CONFIG
       directives

    .  Print server device drivers               HELP PRSVR DEVICE_DRIVERS

    .  Printers supported on an                  HELP PRINTER
       Apollo node

    .  Using magnetic tape in the                HELP MAGTAPE
       DOMAIN system

    .  Generating the volume ID                  HELP MAGTAPE VOLID
       for labeled tapes


  Miscellaneous

    .  Configuring a diskless node               HELP DISKLESS

    .  The syntax and commands used              HELP ED COMMANDS
       by the line-mode editor

    .  A summary of EDSTR commands               HELP EDSTR COMMANDS

    .  A summary of FMT formatting               HELP FMT COMMANDS
       directives

    .  The mailbox manager                       HELP MBX

    .  A list of system calls                    HELP SYSCALLS

    .  A list of system calls available          HELP SYSCALLS module_name
       for a specific module

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