HELP command operands

command_name | subcommand_name

specifies the name of the command or subcommand that you want to know more about.

FUNCTION

specifies that you want to know more about the purpose and operation of the command or subcommand.

SYNTAX

specifies you want to know more about the syntax required to use the command or subcommand properly.

OPERANDS(operand)

specifies you want to see explanations of the operands for the command or subcommand. When you specify the keyword OPERANDS and omit any values, all operands are described. You can specify particular keyword operands that you want to have described by including them as values within parentheses following the keyword. If you specify a list of more than one operand, the operands in the list must be separated by commas or blanks.

For best results, do not enter abbreviations as operand. HELP does not use aliases, as opposed to TSO/E commands. For example, DA is a valid alias for the DATASET operand of the ALLOCATE command, but is ambiguous if used as HELP ALLOCATE OPERANDS(DA). Therefore, specify the full operand as in HELP ALLOCATE OPERANDS(DATASET).

POSITIONAL(nn)

specifies that you want to obtain information about a particular positional operand of the command or subcommand. You can specify the positional operand that you want described by the number (nn) of the operand in the sequence of positional operands. The first positional operand needs to be identified as ‘1’, the second as ‘2’, and so on. You can obtain information about the positional operands of the following commands and any of their subcommands:

ACCOUNT
ATTRIB
CALL
CANCEL
EDIT
EXEC
HELP
LOGON
MVSSERV
OUTPUT
RUN
SEND
TEST
TRANSMIT.

ALL

specifies you want to see all information available concerning the command or subcommand. If no other keyword operand is specified, then ALL is the default.

MSGID(list)

specifies you want to get additional information about MVSSERV, VSBASIC, TRANSMIT, or RECEIVE messages whose message identifiers are given in the list. Information includes what caused the error and how to prevent a recurrence. You cannot specify the FUNCTION, SYNTAX, OPERANDS, or ALL operands with MSGID.