The Help System - IBM ZVM - FOR LINUX V6 RELEASE 1 Getting Started

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The Help system

z/VM provides online help through the CMS Help system. The HELP command is
like the man command in Linux. You can find full descriptions of z/VM commands
by using the HELP command. By issuing help, you can access the main help menu
for z/VM:
HELP TASKS
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z/VM Help, main panel
This panel lists other Help panels that provide information about
various z/VM functions, topics, and tasks.
To view a Help panel, move the cursor to any character of the name
and press the ENTER key or the PF1 key.
HELPINFO - HELP Facility topics
MENUS - z/VM Help menus
TASKS - Basic z/VM tasks - good choice for beginners
COMMANDS - z/VM commands available to general users
CMS - CMS commands
CP - CP commands
QUERYSET - QUERY and SET commands and subcommands
TCPIP - TCP/IP commands
PF1= Help
PF7= Backward 8= Forward 9= PFkeys 10=
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To get quicker access to command information, you can issue the HELP command
with one of the keywords you see in the main menu. Example: For quick access to
the information about the CP IPL command, issue:
help cp ipl
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Task Help Information
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