


      HELP(1)                     (UNIX 5.0)                    HELP(1)



      NAME
           help - ask for help

      SYNTAX
           help [args]

      DESCRIPTION
           Help finds information to explain a message from an sccs
           command or explain the use of an sccs command.  Zero or more
           arguments may be supplied.  If no arguments are given, help
           will prompt for one.

           The arguments may be either message numbers (which normally
           appear in parentheses following messages) or command names,
           of one of the following types:

                     type 1    Begins with non-numerics, ends in
                               numerics.  The non-numeric prefix is
                               usually an abbreviation for the program
                               or set of routines which produced the
                               message (e.g., ge6, for message 6 from
                               the get command).

                     type 2    Does not contain numerics (as a command,
                               such as get)

                     type 3    Is all numeric (e.g., 212)

           The response of the program will be the explanatory
           information related to the argument, if there is any.

           When all else fails, try ``help stuck''.

      FILES
           /usr/lib/help       directory containing files of message
                               text.

           /usr/lib/help/helploc
                               file containing locations of help files
                               not in /usr/lib/help.

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Use help(1) for explanations.












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