RDF System Management Manual

Operating and Monitoring RDF
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Requesting Online Help
Requesting Online Help
Through the RDFSCAN HELP command, you can request brief descriptions of:
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Command syntax (including the syntax for the HELP command itself)
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Introductory information on using the RDFSCAN utility
Help for Command Syntax
To obtain syntax information for an individual command, enter HELP followed by the
command name. As an example, to display information for the LIST command, enter
HELP LIST after the prompt:
Enter the RDFscan function you want: HELP LIST
In response, RDFSCAN displays the following:
LIST <count>
List will display <count> records from the current-record
pointer (set with AT.) If a pattern match has been selected
with Match, then only those records that match will be
displayed. <count> specifies how many records will be
displayed, even if many more must be read.
Scan will only read <count> no matter how many are displayed.
FILE: \WHICH.$SYSTEM.RDF.RDFLOG, current record: 37501, last
record: 37513
Enter the next RDFscan function you want:
To obtain a list of all RDFSCAN commands, enter either HELP or HELP ALL. For
example:
Enter the next RDFscan function you want: HELP ALL
In response, RDFSCAN displays:
Enter HELP INTRO for an introduction to RDFSCAN.
Valid RDFSCAN commands are:
At - Sets the current-record pointer to the value
given.
Display - Turns ON/OFF the display of line number with each
line listed.
Exit - Exits.
File - Changes the RDF message file being scanned.
Help - Help.
List - Displays "n" lines of the RDFLOG with optional
pattern matching.
LOG - Sets and Opens the message file for echoing of
Listed lines.
Match - Sets the pattern to be matched (or turns it off.)