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The DCL HELP facility and command have long been recognized as essential, both for the novice user and the experienced VMS guru alike. Bespoken help libraries are available not only to cover the essential DCL commands themselves, but also for specific utility programs such as (VMS) MAIL and PHONE, and for system administration tools such as SYSGEN, SYSMAN, TCPIP, AUTHORIZE and more. For these latter, a built-in utility '' | The DCL HELP facility and command have long been recognized as essential, both for the novice user and the experienced VMS guru alike. Bespoken help libraries are available not only to cover the essential DCL commands themselves, but also for specific utility programs such as (VMS) MAIL and PHONE, and for system administration tools such as SYSGEN, SYSMAN, TCPIP, AUTHORIZE and more. For these latter, a built-in utility '' | ||
- | | + | < |
- | UAF> HELP | + | $ MCR AUTHORIZE |
- | ... | + | UAF> HELP |
+ | | ||
+ | </ | ||
**For general DCL use**, the '' | **For general DCL use**, the '' | ||
- | | + | < |
- | + | $ HELP ! access to the whole DCL HELP facility, including an overview of topics | |
- | $ HELP HELP ! getting started with HELP | + | |
- | + | $ HELP HELP ! getting started with HELP | |
- | $ HELP INSTRUCTIONS | + | |
- | + | $ HELP INSTRUCTIONS | |
- | $ HELP HINTS ! useful tips on getting the most out of HELP topics | + | |
+ | $ HELP HINTS ! useful tips on getting the most out of HELP topics | ||
+ | </ | ||
Of course, to get help on a specific DCL command, for instance on the '' | Of course, to get help on a specific DCL command, for instance on the '' | ||
- | | + | < |
+ | $ HELP COPY | ||
+ | </ | ||
Within HELP's overview of topics, any topic which appears in all '' | Within HELP's overview of topics, any topic which appears in all '' | ||
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Both programmers and sysadmins often need to look up the details of the so-called "DCL Lexical Functions", | Both programmers and sysadmins often need to look up the details of the so-called "DCL Lexical Functions", | ||
- | | + | < |
- | Sorry, no documentation on F$CVTIME | + | $ HELP F$CVTIME |
+ | Sorry, no documentation on F$CVTIME | ||
+ | </ | ||
Instead, you'll have to remember that all of these lexical functions are sub-topics under HELP's '' | Instead, you'll have to remember that all of these lexical functions are sub-topics under HELP's '' | ||
- | | + | < |
+ | $ HELP LEXICAL F$CVTIME | ||
... | ... | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | (you could abbreviate '' | + | (you could abbreviate '' |
A special function of DCL HELP is the [[dcl_error_messages|HELP /MESSAGE]] command, which you should become familiar with to solve specific command syntax and operational problems. | A special function of DCL HELP is the [[dcl_error_messages|HELP /MESSAGE]] command, which you should become familiar with to solve specific command syntax and operational problems. |
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