EXCHANGE HELP — VMS 5.5-2H4
Displays on the current default output stream device (SYS$OUTPUT)
information on EXCHANGE commands and qualifiers.
Format
EXCHANGE> HELP [command-verb [qualifier [option [option]]]]
Prompts
None.
Additional information available:
Parameters
command-verb
Specifies the name of the EXCHANGE verb about which information
is desired. Omitting the command verb will display general
information listing all commands recognized by EXCHANGE.
qualifier
Gives the name of the qualifier to be explained.
Description
Information is located in a hierarchical manner, depending on the
level of information required. The lowest level of help is
obtained by entering HELP without any arguments. HELP will
display a list summarizing the available first level information,
the names of the EXCHANGE commands.
The first level of help is the command description. Entering
HELP followed by the name of an EXCHANGE command verb will
display a description of the command, followed by a list
summarizing the help available at the next level.
The second level of help is for command qualifiers. Enter
HELP verb qualifier for this level of help, for example
HELP COPY /CONTIGUOUS.
Deeper levels of help continue in this fashion, giving help on
options to qualifiers and other information.
If you specify an asterisk (*) in place of any keyword, the HELP
command displays all information available at that level.
If you specify an ellipsis (...) after any keyword, you obtain
everything in the help file for deeper levels.
You can specify percent signs (%) and asterisks () in the keyword
as wild card characters.
Examples
1. EXCHANGE> HELP
This command explains the HELP command, and lists a table of
EXCHANGE commands for which more help is available.
2. EXCHANGE> HELP COPY /VOLUME...
This command displays all the help which is available for the
COPY /VOLUME_FORMAT qualifier, including descriptions of each
of the options.