HELP

The HELP command displays the commands that the interface supports. It can also display help information for a specific command.

Format

HELP <command-name>

Examples

The following examples assume that the internal modify ID is M0IMSA.

Type the following command to display help about all of the available interface commands.

F M0IMSA,HELP

The result of this command looks similar to the following figure.

LOG ‘HELP’ Command
Syntax: HELP <command-name>
 
Description:  The ‘HELP’ command is used to display the help information available on the commands that are used
 to control the OMEGAMON for IMS interface.
 
HELP is available for all the commands below:
 
*         - Comment (ignored by the interface)
EXEC      - Execute the commands in the member specified
DISPLAY   - Display active interface subtasks
HELP      - Displays help for all or specific interface
            commands
LIST      - Alias of DISPLAY - Display active interface
            subtasks
LOG       - Send a message to the MVS Console
START     - Start an interface Subtask
STOP      - Stop an interface Subtask

To obtain help information for a specific command, follow HELP with the name of the command.

If you do not specify a command name or if OMEGAMON® for IMS does not recognize the command name that you specify, the help text for HELP appears at the console.