NAME

help − ask for help

SYNTAX

sccs help [args]

DESCRIPTION

The Help command explain command or explains the use of a command.  Zero or more arguments may be supplied to help.  If no arguments are given, help will prompt for one. 

The arguments may be either message numbers (which normally appear in parentheses following messages) or command names, of one of the following types:

type 1 Begins with nonnumerics, ends in numerics.  The nonnumeric prefix is usually an abbreviation for the program or set of routines which produced the message (For example, ge6, for message 6 from the get command). 

type 2 Does not contain numerics (For example, get, a command name) get

type 3 Is all numeric (For example, 212)

Help is the only command that must be used with the "sccs" front end processor, as an ULTRIX help command also exists. 

When all else fails, try sccs help stuck. 

FILES

/usr/lib/sccs.help directory containing files of message text. 

/usr/lib/sccs.help/helploc
file containing locations of help files not in /usr/lib/help. 

DIAGNOSTICS

Use sccshelp (1) for explanations.