There are several different ways to receive help about DFS commands. The following list summarizes the syntax for the different help options:
Reference pages for a command suite
To view the introductory page for a command suite, enter man followed by the command suite:
$ man bak
Reference page for an individual command
To view the reference page for a command in a suite, enter man followed by the command suite and the command name. Use an _
(underscore) to connect the command suite to the command name. Do not use the underscore when issuing the command in DFS.
$ man bak_command
List of commands in a command suite
To view a list of all commands in a command suite, enter the command suite name followed by help:
$ bak help
The command syntax for a single command
To view the syntax of a specific command, enter the suite name, help, and the command name, in that order:
$ bak help command
In addition, all DFS commands include a -help option you can use to display the syntax of the command.
The apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any command that has a specified string in its name or short description; this is useful if you cannot remember the exact name of a command. If the string is more than a single word, surround it with " " (double quotes) or other delimiters; enter all strings in lowercase letters. For example, the following command produces a list of all bos commands with the word create in their names or short descriptions:
$ bos apropos -topic create