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NAME

help - Provide brief command explanations

SYNOPSIS

help [ command ]

DESCRIPTION

Help prints out a quick explanation of a command.

INSTALLATION

The Makefile provides entries for automatically installing (and un-installing) this package. You need to be root to install help.@@ Make install will completely install the needed files in the appropriate directories with the needed permissions and ownership. Make uninstall will remove the effects of make install.

BUGS

If you have the MKS Toolkit, you could use their helpfile as a starting point for a UNIX SysV helpfile.

If you don't have the Toolkit, you can construct a helpfile by gleaning short command descriptions from your manual, and adding them to the helpfile, according the the pattern of the partial helpfile provided.

FILES

    /usr/lib/helpfile   default datafile containing help info

    $HELPDIR            Environment variable - directory for helpfile
    $HELPFILE           Environment variable - alternate name for helpfile

AUTHORS

    Original Author:
        uwmacc!harvard!killer!wnp (Wolf Paul)
    
    Environment variable handling by:
        plocher@uwspan.uucp (John Plocher)

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