The most commonly used VMS commands are:
$ HELP
$ DIRECTORY
$ MAIL
$ PRINT
$ TYPE
$ SEARCH
$ DIFF
$ LOGOUT
Most VMS commands are adequately described by the VMS HELP system. If further information is needed, a complete set of VMS manuals is in the HLDAS Room, B235. In particular, the ``Introduction to VMS'' provides a detailed description of VMS features. With some commands additional help is available by typing HELP while running the command. For example:
$ HELP MAILdescribes how to run MAIL from VMS, while:
$ MAIL
> HELP
documents all MAIL subcommands.
You can obtain a printed copy of an entire HELP topic by telling
HELP to create a file with everything about that topic and then
printing that file. For example, to print the entire CUPLOT help
file on the HL0 printer (and delete the file after printing):
$ HELP/OUTPUT=CUPLOT.HLP CUPLOT...
$ PRINT/QUEUE=HL0/DELETE CUPLOT.HLP
Note that there are no spaces before the ``...''.
In addition to vendor supplied help topics, many PPL written topics
are available in the help system. To list these topics:
$ HELP TFTR an on-line version of this document
$ HELP @USR lots of useful tools are described here
$ HELP @TFTR GETSHOTS, OPREAD and all that
$ HELP @PPL Archiver, etc.
$ HELP @HLDAS user's helpful hints for HLDAS codes
$ HELP VMS_ALPHA differences between AXP and VAX