The HELP command invokes the VAX-11 HELP Facility to display information
 about a VMS command or topic.  In response to the "Topic?" prompt, you can:

    Type the name of the command or topic for which you need help.

    Type PROCEDURES for information on commonly peformed tasks.

    Type HINTS if you are not sure of the name of the command or topic
    for which you need help.

    Type INSTRUCTIONS for more detailed instructions on how to use HELP.

    Type a question mark (?) to redisplay the most recently requested text.

    Press the RETURN key one or more times to exit from HELP.

 You can abbreviate any topic name, although ambiguous abbreviations result
 in all matches being displayed.


Format:
 HELP [topic[subtopic]...]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiersInstructionsHints

 topic
  Name of the topic. If only a topic name is specified, information
  concerning the topic is displayed along with a list of subtopics at
  the next level. If topic... is specified, information concerning the
  topic and all subtopics is displayed. If topic * is specified,
  information concerning all subtopics is displayed. An asterisk or
  percent sign within a topic name serves as a wildcard. If you type
  just HELP or the topic contains subtopics, you are prompted. Type
  the subtopic name to get help on the subtopic.  Type a question mark
  to display the topic information again.  Press RETURN to back up a
  level in the topic hierarchy.  Press CTRL/Z to exit directly to DCL
  command level.
 subtopic
  Name of the subtopic.  Information concerning the lowest subtopic
  specified is displayed along with a list of any further subtopics.
  If subtopic... is specified, information concerning the subtopic
  and all lower topics is displayed.  If subtopic * is specified,
  information concerning all lower subtopics is displayed.  An asterisk
  or percent sign within a subtopic name serves as a wildcard.

Additional information available:

/INSTRUCTIONS/LIBLIST/LIBRARY/OUTPUT/PAGE/PROMPT
/USERLIBRARY

 /NOINSTRUCTIONS
 Displays an explanation of the HELP command along with the list of
 topics (if no topic is specified).

 /NOLIBLIST
 Displays any auxiliary help libraries.

 /NOLIBRARY
 Names the main help library. Defaults to SYS$HELP (which is normally
 the logical name for [SYSHLP]HELPLIB.HLB on the system disk). The
 file type defaults to HLB. No wildcards are allowed.

 /NOOUTPUT
 Names the output file to which the information is written. By
 default, the output is written to SYS$OUTPUT.  No wildcards
 are allowed.

 /NOPAGE
 Stops the display when the screen is full. You must press RETURN to
 continue.

 /NOPROMPT
 Permits you to solicit further information interactively.

 /NOUSERLIBRARY
 Names the levels of search for information in auxiliary libraries:

    +---------+---------------------------------------+
    | PROCESS | Libraries defined at process level    |
    +---------+---------------------------------------+
    | GROUP   | Libraries defined at group level      |
    +---------+---------------------------------------+
    | SYSTEM  | Libraries defined at system level     |
    +---------+---------------------------------------+
    | ALL     | All libraries (default)               |
    +---------+---------------------------------------+
    | NONE    | No libraries (same as /NOUSERLIBRARY) |
    +---------+---------------------------------------+
 Auxiliary libraries are libraries defined with the logical names
 HLP$LIBRARY, HLP$LIBRARY_1, HLP$LIBRARY_2, and so on. Libraries are
 searched for information in the order: current library, main library
 (if not current), libraries defined at process level, libraries
 defined at group level, and libraries defined at system level. The
 default is /USERLIBRARY=ALL.

 Return to "Topic?" level and type INSTRUCTIONS.

 Return to "Topic?" level and type HINTS.