HELP(1) DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5) HELP(1)
NAME
help - ask for help
USAGE
help [ arguments ]
DESCRIPTION
Help finds information to explain the use of, or a particu-
lar message from, an SCCS command. You may supply several
arguments, but if you supply none, help prompts for one.
The arguments may be either message numbers (which normally
appear in parentheses following messages), or command names,
or one of the following types:
type 1 Begins with non-numerics, ends in numer-
ics. The non-numeric prefix is usually
an abbreviation for the program or set
of routines that produced the message.
For example, ge3 means message 3 from
the get (1) command.
type 2 Does not contain numerics, i.e., appears
as a command name such as the name get.
type 3 Is all numeric, e.g., 26.
When all else fails, try help stuck.
FILES
/usr/lib/help directory containing files of mes-
sage text
/usr/lib/help/helploc file containing locations of help
files not in /usr/lib/help
DIAGNOSTICS
Use help(1) for explanations.
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