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HP SYSTEM DICTIONARY XL COBOL DEFINITION EXTRACTOR Reference Manual

HELP Command 

A HELP command is available for a quick reference of SDCDE commands.  You
can use the HELP command either to get a list of all available SDCDE
commands or to get a detailed description of a specific command.

Syntax 

     HELP  [command] [.]

Parameter 

command          Name of the command for which you are requesting help.

Description 

If you request more HELP messages than can fit on one screen, the
following message is displayed:

     Continue (Y/N) >

Respond "Y" or [[Return]] if you wish to see more messages, "N" if you do
not.

If the HELP command you specify contains a subject with no HELP message
available, an error message is issued, and the general HELP messages are
displayed.

Example 

The following example shows the text that your screen displays when you
specify the HELP command.

     >HELP. 
     MAIN HELP SCREEN
     Commands accepted by SDCDE:

     COBEDIT        <CE  > - Run the COBEDIT subsystem
     COMMENT        <COM > - Provide a line of comment text in the command stream
     COPYLIB        <CL  > - Establish the COBOL COPYLIB environment
     DEFINE         <DEF > - Establish the System Dictionary environment
     EXIT           <E   > - Terminate the program
     GENERATE       <GEN > - Generate COBOL source for a System Dictionary entity
     HELP           <H   > - Display commands
     LIST           <L   > - List occurrences of a specified entity-type
     OPTIONS        <OP  > - Set parameters for the source generation process
     REDO           <REDO> - Edit and execute the previous command
     RESET          <R   > - Reset all the DEFINE, COPYLIB, and OPTIONS parameters
     SHOW           <SH  > - Display the current values of DEFINE, COPYLIB, and
                             OPTIONS parameters
     STANDARD-PARMS <SP  > - Generate standard parameters for IMAGE, KSAM, or VPLUS

     >
     >HELP COBEDIT. 
     HELP MESSAGES FOR COBEDIT <CE> COMMAND:

     The COBEDIT command allows you to run the COBEDIT subsystem.
     When you exit the COBEDIT subsystem, you will reenter SDCDE.

     SYNTAX:   COBEDIT <CE>  [.]

     >
     >HELP DEFINE. 
     HELP MESSAGES FOR DEFINE <DEF> COMMAND:

     The DEFINE command enables you to open the System Dictionary.

     SYNTAX:   DEFINE <DEF>
                   [  DICTIONARY <DICT> = dictionary-name ]
                   [; SCOPE <S>         = scope-name      ]
                   [; PASSWORD <P>      = [scope-password]]
                   [; DOMAIN <D>        = [domain-name]   ]
                   [; VERSION <V>       = version-name    ]
                   [; STATUS <STAT>     = version-status  ]
                   [; OPEN-MODE <OM>    = open-mode       ]
                   [; NAME-MODE <NM>    = name-mode       ]
                    .

             version-status = TEST <TEST>, PRODUCTION <PROD>, or ARCHIVAL <ARCH>
             open-mode      = READ-ALLOW-READ <RAR>, READ-ONLY <RO>,
                              SHARED-UPDATE <SU>, or EXCLUSIVE-UPDATE <EU>
             name-mode      = INTERNAL <INT> or EXTERNAL <EXT>

     >

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