HELP
The HELP command provides online information about the VOLUTIL commands.
When used by itself, the command displays a list of available commands
and a brief syntax of each command. When HELP is used with a command
name (for example, HELP SHOWSET), HELP displays detailed information
about the particular command, along with a detailed syntax diagram for
the command and an example of its use.
Task
Displays online command information.
Capability
No special capability required.
Syntax
HELP [ [COMMAND=]cmdname]
Parameters
cmdname The VOLUTIL command name for which help is desired.
If omitted, a list of all commands is displayed.
Optional.
Example
This example shows how to display command information online.
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| volutil:HELP |
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| NEWSET sname vname ldev [perm][trans][gen_number] |
| [(cname[[,cname]...])] |
| SHOWSET [sname] [ CLASSES | VOLUMES | SETINFO | DSTATUS | |
| STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] | |
| LABELS [;MPEXL] | STRUCT ] |
| COPYSET sname from_ldev to_ldev |
| SETDEFAULTSET [sname] |
| SHOWDEFAULTSET |
| NEWCLASS sname:cname [(vname [[,vname]...])] |
| EXPANDCLASS sname:cname (vname [[,vname]...]) |
| SHOWCLASS [sname:]cname [ VOLUMES | SETS | CLASSINFO | DSTATUS | |
| STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] | |
| LABELS [;MPEXL] ] |
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| NEWVOL sname:vname ldev [perm] [trans] |
| [(cname[[,cname]...])] |
| INITVOL sname:vname ldev |
| ALTERVOL sname:vname [perm] [trans] |
| SHOWVOL [sname:]vname [ SETS | CLASSES | VOLINFO | DSTATUS | |
| STORAGE [;FREE] [;PERM] [;TRANS] | |
| LABEL [;MPEXL] ] |
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| FORMATVOL ldev |
| SCRATCHVOL ldev |
| UNSCRATCHVOL ldev |
| DSECTORSVOL [sname:]vname | ldev |
| VERIFYVOL [sname:]vname | ldev |
| COPYVOL from_ldev to_ldev |
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| HELP [command_name] |
| USE filename |
| LOG filename |
| REDO [cmd_id] |
| DO [cmd_id] |
| LISTREDO |
| RECOVER [;KEEP | ;NOKEEP] |
| EXIT |
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This example shows how to use the HELP command to find out about the
SHOWSET command.
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| volutil: HELP SHOWSET |
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| Description: |
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| The SHOWSET command is used to display information about a |
| particular volume set. The master volume of the volume set |
| must be mounted in the MASTER state as displayed by the |
| DSTAT command. |
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| Syntax: |
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| [CLASSES] |
| [VOLUMES] |
| [SETINFO] |
| volutil: SHOWSET [SNAME=]sname [INFO=] [DSTATUS] |
| [STORAGE] [;FREE][;PERM][;TRANS] |
| [LABELS] [;MPEXL] |
| [STRUCT] |
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| Example: |
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| volutil: SHOWSET sample_set volumes |
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