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=head1 NAME
bos help - Displays the syntax of specified bos commands or lists
functional descriptions of all B<bos> commands
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<bos help> [B<-topic> <I<help string>>+] [-help]
B<bos h> [B<-t> <I<help string>>+] [-h]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The bos help command displays the complete online help entry
(short description and syntax statement) for each command operation code
specified by the B<-topic> argument. If the B<-topic>
argument is omitted, the output includes the first line (name and short
description) of the online help entry for every B<bos> command.
To list every bos command whose name or short description
includes a specified keyword, use the B<bos apropos> command.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
=item -topic
>
Indicates each command for which to display the complete online help
entry. Omit the B<bos> part of the command name, providing only
the operation code (for example, specify B<status>, not B<bos
status>). If this argument is omitted, the output briefly
describes every B<bos> command.
=item -help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
=back
=head1 OUTPUT
The online help entry for each bos command consists of the
following two or three lines:
=over 4
=item *
The first line names the command and briefly describes its
function.
=item *
The second line lists aliases for the command, if any.
=item *
The final line, which begins with the string C<Usage>, lists the
command's options in the prescribed order. Online help entries use
the same symbols (for example, brackets) as the reference pages in this
document.
=back
=head1 EXAMPLES
The following command displays the online help entry for the bos
status command:
% bos help status
bos status: show server instance status
Usage: bos status -server <machine name> [-instance <server
process name>+] [-long] [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth]
[-localauth] [-help]
=head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<bos(1)>,
L<bos_apropos(1)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.