Requesting Information about a Command

You can request to see information about a particular command by specifying the HELP command followed by the command name.

Example

To see help information about the RENAME command, enter:

HELP RENAME

You then see a description of the RENAME command's function, its syntax and operands.

FUNCTION -
  THE RENAME COMMAND IS USED TO RENAME A DATA SET OR A
PARTITIONED DATA SET MEMBER OR TO CREATE AN ALIAS FOR A
PARTITIONED DATA SET MEMBER.

SYNTAX -
          RENAME   'DSNAME1' 'DSNAME2'  ALIAS
  REQUIRED - 'DSNAME1' AND 'DSNAME2'
  DEFAULTS - NONE

OPERANDS -
  'DSNAME1' - THE CURRENT DATA SET NAME.
  'DSNAME2' - THE NEW DATA SET NAME TO BE ASSIGNED.
  ALIAS     - MEMBER NAME SPECIFIED BY 'DSNAME2' IS TO BE
              AN ALIAS RATHER THAN A REPLACEMENT.