HELP(1)                 XR32 REFERENCE MANUAL                19/1/2013

COMMAND
        HELP -- Displays help for commands and other topics

SYNOPSIS
        HELP [cmd | topic]

AVAILABILITY
        The HELP command is available to all users.

DESCRIPTION
        If no arguments are given, a short text gives directions on
        how to access help.

        If the argument is a topic or a command name, the contents of
        the appropriate file in the HELP subdirectory are displayed.

        The argument "*" will list all the help topics available.

        The minimum abbreviation for this command is "H".

EXAMPLES
        H *      - List available help topics.
        H PING   - Gives help for PING command.

LIMITATIONS
        The command or topic name must at present be given in full,
        thus "H NODES" is acceptable, but "H N" is not (unless you
        duplicate the NODES.HLP file to N.HLP).  Future versions will
        search for the closest match.

        The topic name is currently restricted to 8 characters because
        it has to be part of a legal DOS filename. Thus the help file
        for LOADNODES command is the shorter LOADNODE.HLP. This will
        be addressed in a forthcoming version.

NOTES
        The help available using the HELP command is intended to be of
        use to both sysops and users alike, and is kept brief in order
        to avoid wasting airtime.  The MAN system gives more detailed
        information for sysops.

        The sysop may customise the help files, or add his/her own
        help topics to the HELP directory as required.  The HELP
        directory is located beneath the router's working directory,
        and the files are simply plain text files with the .HLP
        extension.  Files without the .HLP extension will not be
        listed or accessible.

SEE ALSO
        ?, MAN, INFO

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