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The online help facility provides command information, syntax, explanations of command parameters, and examples of command use for MPE/iX commands. Any user can use it. To get information about MPE/iX commands | |
To get information about the system, use the Help Facility. To begin the Help Facility, use the HELP command. Enter HELP at the system prompt, and press Return. The following Help Facility menu, HELPMENU, appears on your screen:
This is the MPE/iX Help Facility
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* Enter SUMMARY, CLASS, a commandname, or HELPSTUDY *
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SUMMARY.... A summary MPE/iX commands & HELP
CLASS...... Classes of Commands
SESSIONS, JOBS, FILES, SUBSYSTEMS, ETC.
<command name> COMMAND entries, by name
<command name><keyword> COMMAND entry with keyword
PARMS, OPERATION, EXAMPLE
HELPSTUDY A beginner's introduction to Help
EXIT To leave the Help Facility
You can use UPPERCASE or lowercase.
>>>>>>>>>>> The name of this screen is HELPMENU <<<<<<<<<<<
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At the Help Facility prompt (>), type in an option from the HELPMENU, namely SUMMARY, CLASS, a command name, a command name and parameter, HELPSTUDY, or EXIT. To leave the Help Facility, type either E or EXIT. This action will return you to the system prompt (:).
To list commands by classification within the Help Facility | |
The Help Facility provides lists of MPE/iX commands classified by the type of tasks performed by the commands. If you are not in the Help Facility (identified by the ">" prompt), enter HELP Return at the system prompt. Enter CLASS to display command classifications. Press Return to scroll through the display. Press E Return to exit the Help Facility.
To display command information within the Help Facility | |
To get information about a specific command, type HELP at the system prompt. Keywords allow you to limit the amount of information and display only the details that are of interest to you. If you are not in the Help Facility (identified by the ">" prompt), enter HELP Return at the system prompt. Enter the command name and an optional keyword at the Help Facility prompt (>). Select the keyword from this list: PARMS lists all parameters for the command and describes each one. OPERATION provides an explanation of how the command works and when to use it. EXAMPLE offers examples of the command and its parameters.
For example, to see how the command SHOWME works, type the following: Press Return to scroll through the display. Press E Return to exit the Help Facility.
To display Help outside the Help Facility | |
If you know what type of information that you are looking for, you can access it directly from the system prompt by specifying the details in your Help request. From the system prompt, enter HELP followed by the command name, followed by an optional keyword (PARMS, OPERATION, or EXAMPLE). Press Return.
The following uses the SHOWTIME command as an example:
:HELP SHOWTIME EXAMPLE Return
EXAMPLE
To display the time and date, enter
SHOWTIME
WED, JUL 24, 1991, 8:47AM
KEYWORDS: PARM,OPERATION,EXAMPLE
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You are returned to the system prompt after this display. Requesting help directly at the system prompt provides quicker help access if you know the command name that you want help on. To display Help from within another program | |
You do not need to leave a program to get help. Most of HP's programs allow Help requests from within the program. Precede the HELP command with a colon (:). Enter the HELP command followed by the command name and optional keyword. Press Return or Enter. Continue work within the program at the program prompt.
In the following example, the user requests a display of the SHOWJOB command parameters from within the EDIT/3000 program. The "/" prompt is unique to the EDIT/3000 program. Without including the colon (:) before the HELP command here, the program would expect one of its subcommands. Example:
/:HELP SHOWJOB PARMS Return
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