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Coding Help Text for Commands

For each command, provide a help group, which gathers together all the parameters of the command. This help group can be referenced by a search index and hypertext links.

Provide an introductory section for each command, beginning with the command’s name; for example, "The Change Library List (WCHGLIBLST) command . . . . ‘

For each parameter, state the keyword and prompt, and list the allowed values. The default value should be shown first, (for example, *NONE), then other special values, (for example, *ALL), then the domain name (for example library-name, member-name, ‘text’).