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HELP Function: Provides information about ROSCOE, Monitor and RPF commands and facilities.

Syntax: Level: see below. For additional information, enter: HELP COMMAND HELP HELP DESC HELP HELP MEMBER HELP HELP NOTE HELP HELP SCROLL (for list of all HELP members) (for description of HELP command syntax) (for list of HELP members containing information of note) (for notation conventions) (for information on scrolling through HELP screens) ==> End of HELP

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HELP COMMAND LIST OF MEMBERS COMPRISING HELP Function: Names and brief description of the members contained within the HELP facility, as distributed with CA-ROSCOE. Syntax: Not Applicable. Member * ,, : = + ? / A ACCT AD AJOB ALARM ALL ALLOC ALLOCATE ALT ALTER AMS ATT ATTACH AWS AWSIX B BB BBD BBS BD BND BNDS BOTTOM BOUND BOUNDS BREAK C CALL CANCEL CAT CATALOG CB CC CCR CDSN CHAIN CHAR CMD COB Description Special Character Special Character Special Character Special Character Special Character Special Character Special Character Special Character Alias member for ATTACH System Command Alias member for DEST Primary Command - executes RPF RPF Statement Stabilized Command Alias member for ALLOCATE ETSO Command Alias member for ALTER Primary Command Monitor Command Alias member for ATTACH Primary Command System Command RPF Function Alias member for BOTTOM Alias member for DEST Alias member for DEST Introduction to BBS Alias member for DEST Alias member for BOUNDS Alias member for BOUNDS Primary Command Alias member for BOUNDS Line Command Primary Command (TTY only) Alias member for COPY ETSO Command ETSO Primary/System Command Stabilized Command Primary Command Alias member - Copy Line Cmd Alias member - Copy Line Cmd Alias member - Copy Line Cmd Primary Command - executes RPF Primary Command Special Characters Alias member for COMMAND Monitor Command

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COMMAND COMMENT COMMENTS COMPRESS CON CONFORM CONSOLE COPY COPYS COPYX CR CREATE CS CT CURSOR CX D DASDCALC DATEFUN DB DD DDO DEBUG DEC DECLARE DECR DEFINE DEL DELETE DELETES DELETEX DELS DELX DEST DET DETACH DIR DIS DISCARD DISPLAY DIVERT DMF DMS DO DOC DOCUMENT DROP DS DSB DSF DSN DST DT DU DX DXB DXT

List of HELP Members Alias member for : Alias member for : Primary Command Alias member for CONSOLE RPF Function System Command Primary/Line Command Primary Command Primary Command Alias member - Copy Line Cmd Primary Command Alias member for COPYS Alias member - Copy Line Cmd RPF Statement Alias member for COPYX Alias member - Delete Line Cmd RPF Function RPF Function Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Monitor Command System Command RPF Function RPF Statement RPF Command Primary Command Alias member for DELETE Primary/Line Command Primary Command Primary Command Alias member for DELETES Alias member for DELETEX Line Command Alias member for DETACH Primary Command Stabilized Command Alias member for DISPLAY Primary Command Monitor Command/Subcommands ETSO Command Introduction to DMF System Command RPF Command Alias member for DOCUMENT List of Current Manuals Primary Command Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Intro to Data Set Facility Primary Command Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd Alias member - Delete Line Cmd

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E EB EDIT EDSN EE EMAIL ENDALLOC ENDDEF ENDIF ENDLOOP ENDPROC ENDSEL ENDWRITE ERROR ESCAPE ET ETC ETSO EXCL EXEC EXP EXPORT EXPR FETCH FILL FIND FIRST FREE GETCMD GETFKEY GETKEY GETPFX GLOSSARY GO GOTO GRP H HBOUND HELP HEX HIER HSTRING I IB IF IM IMP IMPORT INCL INCR INDEX INFO INPUT INTEGER JCK JCL KEY

Alias member for EDIT Alias member - Edit Line Cmd Primary/Line Command Primary Command - executes RPF Alias member - Edit Line Cmd Alias for MAIL Alias member for ALLOCATE RPF Statement Alias member for IF Alias member for LOOP RPF Statement Alias member for SELECT Alias member for WRITE Alias member for MESSAGE RPF Statement Alias member - Edit Line Cmd Monitor Command Introduction to ETSO Primary & Line Command Primary/RPF Command Alias member for EXPORT Monitor Command RPF Expressions/Operators Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command Primary & Line Command ETSO Primary/System Command RPF Function RPF Function RPF Function RPF Function Definition of Terms RPF Command RPF Command System Command Alias member for HELP RPF Function Primary Command & Intro. to RPF Function Command Hierarchy RPF Function Alias member for INPUT Alias member - Input Line Cmd RPF Command Alias member - Input Line Cmd Alias member for IMPORT Monitor Command Primary & Line Command RPF Command RPF Function Primary Command Primary/Line Command RPF Function Monitor Command (CA-JCLCHECK) Monitor Command System Command

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L LABEL LABELS LAST LC LCB LCC LCT LENGTH LET LF LIB LIBCACHE LIBINDEX LIBRARY LINE LIST LOO LOOK LOOP LOWCASE LPAD LSH LSHIFT LTRIM M MAI MAIL MANUAL MANUALS MASK MAXLEN MB MERGE MESSAGE MM MODIFY MON MONITOR MOV MOVE MSG MSGS MT NEW NEXT NOSEQ NOTE NOTRACE NUMX O OB OD OFF OFFON OM OMB

Alias member for LIST RPF Program Labels Alias member for LABEL Primary & Line Command Alias member for LOWCASE Alias member for LOWCASE Alias member for LOWCASE Alias member for LOWCASE RPF Function RPF Command Intro. to Library Facility Alias member for LIBRARY System Command RPF Function Primary Command Alias member - NUMX Member Primary Command Alias member for LOOK Monitor Command RPF Command Primary/Line Command RPF Function Alias member for LSHIFT Primary Command RPF Function Alias member for MOVE Alias member for MAIL Monitor Command Alias member - Document Alias member - Document Line Command RPF Function Alias member - Move Line Cmd Primary Command Descrip. of User Messages Alias member - Move Line Cmd RPF Function Alias member for MONITOR System Command Alias member for MOVE Primary/Line Command Alias member for MESSAGE Alias member for MESSAGE Alias member - Move Line Cmd Release Notice Information Primary & Line Command Primary Command Primary/Line Command Primary Command Introduction of Line Cmds Alias member for DEST Alias member for DEST Alias member for DEST Primary Command Primary Command Alias member for OVERLAY Alias member for OVERLAY

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OMIT OMT ON OO OPERATOR OPR OR ORDER OT OVERLAY OVERVIEW P PA PAD PAKEY PAKEYS PANEL PASSWORD PAUSE PDS PF PFDEF PFKEY PFKEYS PLI POINT POINTER POP PRE PREFIX PREV PRINT PUR PURGE PUSH Q QDSN QUERY R RAND RCS RCSTRACE READ REAL RECVD REFRESH RELEASE RELOOP RENAME RENUMBER REPEAT RESET RESPONSE RESUME RETURN RETURNDO RIF

Primary Command Alias member for OVERLAY RPF Command Alias member for DEST System Command Alias member for OPERATOR Line Command Primary Command Alias member for DEST Line Commands Task-Oriented Descriptions Alias member for PRINT Alias member for PFKEYS RPF Function Alias member for PFKEYS Alias member for PFKEYS RPF Command Primary Command RPF Command Stabilized Command Alias member for PFKEYS RPF Function Alias member for PFKEYS PFKey Assignments-Reassign User-Contributed Command Primary Command Pointer Positioning Primary Command Alias member for PREFIX Primary Command Primary & Line Command Primary Command Alias member for PURGE User-Contributed Command Primary Command Alias member for QUERY Primary Command - executes RPF ETSO Primary/System Command Alias member for RENUMBER RPF Function Alias for RCSTRACE System Command RPF Command RPF Function RPF Function Primary Command Primary/Line Command RPF Statement Primary Command Primary Command RPF Function; Line Command Line Command RPF Command ETSO Primary Command RPF Command RPF Command System Command

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RIGHT ROS ROSCOE ROUND ROZAP RPF RR RSH RSHIFT RTF RTM RUN SAVE SCALE SCR SCREEN SCROLL SDSN SEA SEARCH SEL SELECT SEND SEQ SET SHIFT SIGNON SKETCH SMESSAGE SMSG SOR SORT SPACE SQRT STA STARTDEF STATUS STOP STRING SUB SUBMIT SUBSTR SUF SUFFIX T TAB TAG TC TCB TCC TCT TE TERMCHAR TEXT TF TIME TJ

RPF Function System Command Alias member for COMMAND RPF Function System Command Alias member for COMMAND Alias member - repeat line cmd Alias member for RSHIFT Primary Command System Command System Command Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command - TTY Only Alias member for SCREEN Primary Command Line Command Primary Command - executes RPF Alias member for SEARCH Primary Command Alias member for SELECT Primary/RPF Command Primary Command Primary Command Primary/RPF Commands Line Command Primary Command Introduction to SKETCH Alias member for MESSAGE Alias member for MESSAGE Alias member for SORT User-Contributed Command Primary Command RPF Function Alias member for STATUS RPF Statement Primary Command RPF Command RPF Function Alias member for Submit Primary Command RPF Function Alias member for SUFFIX Primary Command Alias member for TOP Primary Command RPF Statement Alias member- Txtcent line cmd Alias member- Txtcent line cmd Alias member- Txtcent line cmd Alias member- Txtcent line cmd Line Command RPF Function Overview of text-related cmds Alias member- Txtflow line cmd Primary Command Alias member- Txtjoin line cmd

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TLC TOP TRACE TRAINING TRANSFER TRAP TRIM TRT TS TSO TT TTD TTY TUTORIAL TXTCENT TXTFLOW TXTJOIN TXTLCASE TXTSPLIT U UC UCB UCC UCT UNCAT UNCATLG UPCASE UPDATE UTI UTILITY V VAR VARIABLE VCA VCAT VERIFY VTO VTOC W WAIT WIDTH WRITE XC XCOPY XCOPYS XCOPYX XCS XCX XL XLATE XLB XLT ZAP Level: Not Applicable.

Alias member-txtlcase line cmd Primary Command Primary Command Introduction to RPF RPF Command Primary Cmd/Code Table RPF Function RPF Function Alias member-txtsplit line cmd Primary Command Alias member for DEST Alias member for DEST Primary Command - TTY Only Introduction to ROSCOE Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command Alias member for UPDATE Alias member for UPCASE Alias member for UPCASE Alias member for UPCASE Alias member for UPCASE Alias member for UNCATLG Primary Command Primary/Line Cmd/RPF Function Primary Command Alias member for UTILITY Stabilized Command Alias member for RUN Alias member for VARIABLE RPF Variables Alias member for VCAT Stabilized Command RPF Function Alias member for VTOC Stabilized Command Alias member for WIDTH Primary Command Primary Command - TTY Only RPF Function Alias member for XCOPY Primary Command Primary Command Primary Command Alias member for XCOPYS Alias member for XCOPYX Alias member for XLATE Primary/Line Cmd, RPF Function Alias member for XLATE Alias member for XLATE Monitor Command

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HELP HELP DESC HELP Command Description Function: Provides information about all primary, line and Monitor commands plus all RPF commands and facilities. Syntax: HELP < command < level > > < FUNCTION / SYNTAX / LEVEL > With no operand, displays description of HELP facility. command level FUNCTION SYNTAX LEVEL Notes: Name of command or facility. Name of subcommand or command/facility qualification. Displays only description. (Abbreviate as F.) (Abbreviate as S.)

Displays only command syntax.

Displays list of members providing additional and/or related information. (Abbreviate as L.)

Entering HELP With Operands Level operand qualifies a command or facility. Allows for:

Direct access to two-word command (e.g., HELP PRINT STATUS), Command and its subcommand (e.g., HELP DISPLAY ACTIVE), Qualified command or facility (e.g., HELP MESSAGE CMD01).

If FUNCTION, SYNTAX or LEVEL operand specified, resulting display restricted to requested information. To obtain additional information, reenter HELP without FUNCTION, SYNTAX or LEVEL operand. EXCEPTION: When these operands used at 3270-type terminal, use PF keys to scroll. Using Abbreviations: Short and/or alternate forms of command or level may be specified (e.g., HELP C provides information about COPY command). Short forms of FETCH, LIST and SAVE commands (F, L and S, respectively) are executions to rule. If F, L or S entered as only operand of HELP, assumed to be operand abbreviation (e.g., HELP F displays function of HELP command). If F, L or S is first operand, treated as short form of command (e.g., HELP F S displays syntax of FETCH).

Short Form: Level: H

Not Applicable.

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==> End of HELP Command Description

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HELP HELP MEMBER Special HELP Members HELP members containing information of note: CHAR COMMAND DMF DOCUMENT DSF ETSO EXPR GLOSSARY HIER LF MESSAGE NEW NUMX OVERVIEW PFKEYS Describes character set used -- includes reserved characters. List of all members comprising the HELP facility. Describes how to execute DMF application. Lists manuals supporting current CA-ROSCOE release. Introduction to the Data Set Facility. Describes commands available with ETSO. Describes RPF expressions and operators. Definition of terms. Describes CA-ROSCOE command types and execution hierarchy. Introduction to the Library Facility. Describes CA-ROSCOE, Monitor and RPF user messages. Synopsis of current CA-ROSCOE release. Introduction to line commands. Task-Oriented Description - Using Data Set Facility and Library Facility plus browsing job output. Describes: 1) PF/PA keys assignments, 2) how user can change assignments, 3) keyword PF key functions, and 4) how to use the default assignments. Pointer Positioning Tables. Lists Monitor Return Codes. Lists CA-ROSCOE commands. Lists RPF commands, statements and functions. Introduction to SKETCH. Descriptions of system messages. Describes how to execute RPF TRAINING. Lists Trap Code Table. Describes how to execute CA-ROSCOE TUTORIAL.

POINTER RETURN CODE ROSCOE RPF SKETCH SMESSAGE TRAINING TRAP CODE TUTORIAL

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VARIABLE

Lists RPF system and storage variables. ==> End of HELP MEMBER

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HELP HELP NOTE HELP NOTE Notation conventions used in all command syntax: < > ( ) / ' ' Encloses item(s) are optional. may be specified. Enclosed operands are required. specified. Separates operands. Special characters used as delimiters of strings. Delimiter can be any special character that is not 1) used within string, or 2) command delimiter. Represents word that must be entered exactly as shown. (Abbreviations are underlined or described in text.) Represents variable for which value must be supplied. For easier reference, some variables are suffixed with by single digit or letter. None, one or more One must be

Uppercase Alphabetics Lowercase Alphabetics

Lowercase alphabetic variables shown as: aname charstr Name of an AWS. Any sequence of printable entities specified in character format. If shown as 'charstr', string must be bound by special and may include blanks. Special character used to delimit string and special character used as command delimiter cannot be used within string itself. context A keyword operand identifying type of string specified with command; thus, qualifying type of search operation to be performed. Name of OS data set or CA-LIBRARIAN master file. Name of PDS member or CA-LIBRARIAN master file module. RPF only. Series of one or more elements (constants, functions and variables) and associated arithmetic, relational, logical and concatenation operators. Increment value used for determining line number within AWS. RPF only. Integer or variable whose value can be converted into an integer. Length of string or field. Name of CA-ROSCOE library member. If member belongs to

dsn dsnmem expr

i int l mem

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another user, user's prefix must be included (i.e., prefix.mem). n o Line number. Destination of operation, specified as: * B or ,, R T v Line at which pointer positioned. After last line of AWS. Replacing contents of AWS. (This code is not valid with all commands.) Before first line of AWS. Specific line number in AWS. If line number exists, destination is line after line v. If line number does not exist, destination begins with line v.

-p p q

Processing option specified with Monitor commands. Range of lines, where p is line at which operations begins and q is line at which operations ends. If p line number, q must be line number. If p is * (indicating line at which pointer positioned), q must be line count. If q omitted, operation limited to p. all lines assumed. If p and q omitted,

position

Keyword operand (CJUSTIFIED, JUSTIFIED, CENTERED, or LOCKED) that designates screen positioning that is to occur when string match is found. If omitted, positioning current in effect is used. If specified, positioning affects single execution of command. RPF only. Real number or variable whose value can be converted into a real number. A range of columns, where s is number of column at which operation begins and e is number of column at which operation ends. If one value specified, assumed to be ending column.

real s e

s l

A range of columns, where s is number of starting column and l is length of range. If one value specified, assumed to be starting column.

scope

Keyword operand (i.e., AWS, DSN, JOB or LIB) qualifying data to be affected by command. If omitted, currently attached data affected.

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str string

RPF only. String or variable whose value can be converted into a string. Any sequence of entities specified in either character format (A B) or its hexadecimal representation (X'C140C2'). If shown as 'string', string must be bound by special character. Special character used to delimit string and special character used as command delimiter cannot be used within the string itself.

v Level:

Numeric value. Not Applicable. ==> End of HELP NOTE

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HELP HELP SCROLL HELP Scroll Keys Function: At 3270-type terminals: HELP facility assigns scrolling functions to following Program Function keys: PF7/19 PF8/20 PF10/22 PF11/23 Notes: Scrolls back to beginning of current level. Scrolls forward within current level. Scrolls back to previous level. Scrolls forward to next level.

If there is no additional information within level or if there is no previous or next level, display unchanged.

Level:

Not Applicable. ==> End of HELP Scroll

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