SYNTAX TYPE: command help commands [TO/OVER/AFTER pathnames] QUERY PAGELENGTH = number PARAMETERS QUERY prompt user for permission to process each file PAGELENGTH maximum number of lines in output page, default is 66 ignored unless output is directed to a file DESCRIPTION Display information about the given commands. If no parameters are given information about the help command will be displayed. If no output pathnames are given, the output will be done via the SKIM command (see the SKIM command for the internal command set). Each help file has ".hlp" append to the end. If the file name becomes too long the excess part of the extension ".hlp" will be truncated. Where the help information is stored is determined by the contents of the help.mac file that is in the same directory as the help command. The file contains the names of the directories that will be used when searching for help files. The directories should be on seperate lines or seperated by commas. The following lists the contents of the help.mac file (Note the trailing slashes on the directory pathnames). :prog: :sd:helps/system/ :sd:helps/utils/ :sd:helps/uprocs/ :$: This structure allows for expansion of the HELP command in the future. Indirect help files can be created by using an at sign (@) as the first character in the help file, followed by the indirect command name. For example: an indirect help file for the ATTACHDEVICE command under the name AD would contain; "@attachdevice". To obtain a listing of the help files on paper, the wildcards can be used. For example, to get a listing of all the helps on the utils directory use the following command stream: attachfile :utils: help * to :home:utils.lst paginate :home:utils.lst to :lp: pw=80 notitle attachfile Any commands in the :utils: directory which do not have help files in any of the directories specified in help.mac will cause an error message to that effect to be printed.