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Programmer's Reference Manuals
» Part 17 - *Commands
» *Commands - Sorted By Name
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*Help

Use

This *Command returns brief information about each command.

Syntax

*Help [keyword]

Parameters

keyword Name of command to get help on
Special keywords
Commands Lists all the available utility commands
FileCommands Lists all the commands relating to filing systems
Modules Lists the names of all currently loaded modules, with their version numbers and creation dates
Station Displays the current network and station numbers of your machine
Syntax Explains the format used for syntax messages

Notes

When this command is issued at the normal Command Line prompt, a screen of information will be displayed at a time, and will wait until the shift key is pressed before displaying another screen of information (if any).

Abbreviations are allowed, so by typing *Help Con., will return information on both *Configure and *Continue.

Revised on January 22, 2010 23:13:16 by Andrew Hodgkinson (6) (127.0.0.1)
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