Getting Help On Srm Commands - Compaq AlphaServer ES45 1B Owner's Manual

5.5

Getting Help on SRM Commands

The help (or man) command displays basic information about a com-
mand.
Example 5–1 Help (or Man)
P00>>> help set
NAME
set
FUNCTION
Set or modify the value of an environment variable.
SYNOPSIS
set <envar> <value>
[-integer] [-string]
where
<en-
var>={auto_action,bootdef_dev,boot_file,boot_osflags,...}
The help (or man) command displays basic information about the use of console
commands when the system is in console mode. The syntax is:
help (or man) [command . . . ]
command . . .
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Command or topic for which help is requested. The options
are:
none
command_name
argument_string
(such as "sh")
Displays the complete list of commands
for which you can receive help.
Displays information about the console
command.
Displays information about all commands
that begin with that string.