Getting Help Under the ACF Command

Using the ACF Command › Getting Help Under the ACF Command

Getting Help Under the ACF Command

When CA ACF2 for VM is active, you can issue the HELP subcommand to get help at any time. The syntax for this subcommand is:


         [ subcommand    ]
HELP     [ info‑request  ]  [options]
         [ MENU          ]

We describe operands for the HELP subcommand below:

Subcommand

Displays the help file for the ACF subcommand you specified.

info‑request

Requests help for a function of the ACF command. For example, entering HELP ACFRULES displays information about the syntax of a rule record. Entering HELP FIELDS displays information on logonid record fields used when updating or adding a logonid record. Valid CA ACF2 for VM info‑requests are:

ACFRULES: Setting‑dependent
FIELDS: LID or ACF settings
RECORDS: Infostorage settings
MODELS: Model setting
APPLIDS: Any setting
MODES: Displays valid command settings
RULES: Any setting (displays menu of rules and fields).

MENU

Displays the master ACF help menu. To display the menu for the current mode of the ACF command, enter the following:

HELP

There are no operands for this command.

Options

Specifies the same options as CMS help. CA ACF2 for VM passes these options to CMS help. Valid options are:


{DESCript }  {FORMat  } { PARMs  }
{FUnction }  {SYntax  } { OPERands}

{ERRors  }   {OPTions}   {NOTes}
{Message }

We describe these CMS HELP options below:

DESCript: Displays a general description of the specified HELP file.
FORMat: Displays the format section (the syntax) of the command you requested HELP for.
PARMs: Displays the parameter section (the operands) for the command you requested HELP for.
ERRors: Displays the error message and response sections.
OPTions: Displays the options section (a list of available options with a brief description).
NOTes: Displays the notes and example sections.

As you can see, many options that appear on the previous page are not described here. That is because they are OS/390 equivalents for the CMS HELP option. The table below shows which OS/390 HELP options have CMS equivalents:

OS/390 HELP Option	Equivalent CMS HELP Option
FUnction	DESCript
SYntax	FORMat
OPERands	PARMs
Message	ERRors

You can enter four options (DESCript, FORMat, PARMs, and ERRors) with the OS/390 ACF HELP subcommand. They are translated to the equivalent CMS HELP option before CMS HELP is invoked.

Getting Message Help

To get help with CA ACF2 for VM messages, use the following syntax:


       [ Message msgid ]
HELP   [ MSG msgid     ]
       [ msgid         ]

We describe valid operands for getting help with CA ACF2 for VM messages through the HELP command below.

Message msgid|MSG msgid|msgid: CA ACF2 for VM displays information on the specified message. The value of msgid can be any IBM or CA ACF2 for VM message number that has help available.