help(1) help(1)NAME help - provides help information about SCCS commands and messages SYNOPSIS help [args]... ARGUMENTS args Specifies the message number (which normally appear in parentheses following the message) or command name for which you want information. If this option is not specified, help will prompt you for one. DESCRIPTION help finds information to explain a message from an SCCS command or explain the use of an SCCS command. Zero or more arguments may be supplied. The arguments must be of one of the following types: type 1 Begins with non-numerics, ends in numerics. The non- numeric prefix is usually an abbreviation for the program or set of routines which produced the message (for example, ge4, for message 6 from the get command). type 2 Does not contain numerics as a command (such as get) type 3 Is all numeric (for example, 26) The response of the program will be the explanatory information related to the argument, if there is any. When all else fails, enter: help stuck EXAMPLES The command: help he2 prints the message for error number he2. STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES Use help for explanations. January 1992 1
help(1) help(1)FILES /usr/bin/help Executable file /usr/lib/help/* Message files /usr/lib/help/helploc File containing pathnames leading to custom message files /usr/lib/help/lib/help2 Executable file called by help SEE ALSO admin(1), cdc(1), comb(1), delta(1), get(1), unget(1), help(1), prs(1), rmdel(1), sact(1), sccsdiff(1), val(1), what(1) 2 January 1992