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    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »sccshelp.1«

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    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man1/sccshelp.1« 

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	@(#)sccshelp.1	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH SCCSHELP 1
.SH NAME
sccshelp \- ask for help about \s-1SCCS\s0-related commands
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sccshelp
[\^args\^]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sccshelp\^
finds information to explain a message from a command or explain the use of
a command.
Zero or more arguments may be supplied.
If no arguments are given,
.I sccshelp\^
will prompt for one.
.PP
The arguments may be either
message numbers (which normally appear in parentheses following messages)
or command names,
of one of the following types:
.PP
.RE 
.RS 10
.TP 10
type 1
Begins with non-numerics, ends in numerics.
The non-numeric prefix is usually an abbreviation for the program or
set of routines which produced the message
(e.g., \fBge6\fP, for message 6 from the
.I get\^
command).
.PP
.RE 
.RS 10
.TP 10
type 2
Does not contain numerics (as a command, such as
.BR get )
.PP
.RE 
.RS 10
.TP 10
type 3
Is all numeric (e.g., \fB212\fP)
.RE
.PP
The response of the program will be the explanatory information related
to the argument, if there is any.
.PP
When all else fails, try ``sccshelp stuck''.
.SH FILES
.PP
.TP 20
/usr/nsc/lib/help
directory containing files of message text.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Use
.IR sccshelp (1)
for explanations.