NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Command Reference Manual

HLPMAINT
NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands
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HLPMAINT The HLPMAINT command transfers command help information between the
NonStop NET/MASTER MS command help database and an edit file. The NonStop
NET/MASTER MS command help database contains help information for NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands. Command help information is displayed when you
request help for a command while using NonStop NET/MASTER MS. You would use
the HLPMAINT command when you want to update existing command help
information or add new command help information.
NonStop NET/MASTER MS is distributed with a key-sequenced file that contains
information for NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands. This is called the distributed
command help file. During NonStop NET/MASTER MS startup, this file is opened as
a user database (UDB) by the INIT NCL procedure. After NonStop NET/MASTER
MS startup, this file is called the distributed command help database.
Before you can update or add command help information, your NonStop
NET/MASTER MS system manager must perform three tasks:
1. Create a file with the same physical characteristics as the distributed command
help file. This file is called the customized command help file.
2. Close the distributed command help database.
3. Open the customized and distributed command help files together as a UDB pair
(see “Considerations” for more information on UDB pairs).
After the files are opened, the customized and distributed command help databases
collectively make up the NonStop NET/MASTER MS command help database.
Updated and new command help information is written to the customized command
help database, while the information in the distributed command help database
remains unchanged. Updates override distributed command help information.
You cannot directly update information in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS command
help database. To update existing command help information, use the HLPMAINT
command to export the help information from the database to an edit file; update the
edit file; and then use the HLPMAINT command to import the information from the
edit file to the database. To add help information for new commands that you create,
create the new information in an edit file and then use the HLPMAINT command to
import the information in the edit file to the database. (If authorized, you can also use
the Help Maintenance facility to assist you to update and add command help
information. Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS System Management Guide for
more information.)
Help information in the distributed command help database is in U.S. English: that is,
the help information for each command in the file has a cultural indicator of US (see
the CULTURE operand for more information). You can create help information in
languages other than U.S. English. If so, a cultural indicator other than US identifies
the features of the language used.