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  1. help
  2. Usage:  HELP [Command Name]
  3.     HELP [Search Letter]
  4.         
  5.         Help will describe the command that you specify in the command
  6.         line, if it finds it in the 'HELP.LIBRARY'.
  7.     
  8.     If a character is specified, help will search for all commands
  9.     beginning with that letter.
  10. #
  11. addbuffers
  12.         FORMAT:         ADDBUFFERS <drive> [<number>]
  13.         TEMPLATE:       DRIVE/A,NUMBER/N
  14.         PATH:           C:
  15.  
  16.         Adds cache buffers to a drive.
  17.  
  18.         Ex.  Addbuffers DF0: 30
  19. #
  20. addmonitor
  21.         FORMAT:         ADDMONITOR NUM=%d NAME=%s
  22.         TEMPLATE:       NUM/N/A,NAME/A,HBSTRT/K,HBSTOP/K
  23.                         HSSTRT/K,HSSTOP/K,VBSTRT/K,VBSTOP/K
  24.                         VSSTRT/K,VSSTOP/K,MINROW/K,MINCOL/K
  25.                         TOTROWS/K,TOTCOLS/K,BEAMCONO/K
  26.         PATH:           Sys:System/Addmonitor
  27.  
  28.         Informs the Amiga that a non-RGB style monitor has been
  29.         added to the system.
  30.  
  31.         Ex. Addmonitor NUM=3 NAME=Multiscan
  32. #
  33. alias
  34.         FORMAT:         ALIAS [<name>] [<string>]
  35.         TEMPLATE:       NAME,STRING/F
  36.         PATH:           ROM
  37.  
  38.         Creates a macro for a command or set of commands.
  39.         Lists current aliases.
  40.  
  41.         Ex. Alias 1d Dir Df1:
  42.         (Displays DF1:'s directory.)
  43.  
  44.         Ex. Alias Print Type [] to PRT:
  45.         (Types the specified file to the printer.)
  46. #
  47. ask
  48.         FORMAT:         ASK <prompt>
  49.         TEMPLATE:       PROMPT/A
  50.         PATH:           ROM
  51.  
  52.         Obtains user input when executing a script.
  53.  
  54.         Ex. Prompt Boot Parbench (Y/N)?
  55.         (Displays 'Boot Parbench (Y/N) in current window and waits
  56.         for user input.)
  57.  
  58.         See 'IF','ELSE','ENDIF', and 'WARN' for more information.
  59. #
  60. assign
  61.         FORMAT:         ASSIGN [<name>:{dir}] [LIST] [EXISTS]
  62.                         [DISMOUNT] [DEFER] [PATH] [ADD] [REMOVE]
  63.                         [VOLS] [DIRS] [DEVICES]
  64.         TEMPLATE:       NAME,TARGET/M,LIST/S,EXISTS/S,DISMOUNT/S,
  65.                         DEFER/S,PATH/S,ADD/S,REMOVE/S,VOLS/S,DIRS/S,
  66.                         DEVICES/S
  67.         PATH:           C:
  68.  
  69.         Assigns a device name to a system directory.
  70.  
  71.         Ex. Assign Art: Work:DPAINT/PICS
  72. #
  73. autopoint
  74.         FORMAT:         AUTOPOINT [CX_PRIORITY=<n>]
  75.         TEMPLATE:       CX_PRIORITY/K/N
  76.         PATH:           Extras2.0:Tools/Commodities/AutoPoint
  77.                         Sys:Tools/Commodities/AutoPoint
  78.  
  79.         Automatically select any window under the mouse pointer.
  80.  
  81.         Ex. Autopoint
  82. #
  83. avail
  84.         FORMAT:         [CHIP|FAST|TOTAL] [FLUSH]
  85.         TEMPLATE:       CHIP/S,FAST/S,TOTAL/S,FLUSH/S
  86.         PATH:           C:
  87.  
  88.         Reports the amount of Chip, Fast, and total memory available.
  89.         Flushes unused libraries from memory.
  90.         
  91.         Ex. Avail
  92.             Avail Chip
  93.             Avail Fast
  94. #
  95. binddrivers
  96.         FORMAT:         BINDDRIVERS
  97.         TEMPLATE:       NONE
  98.         PATH:           C:
  99.  
  100.         Loads and runs add-on hardware drivers in the SYS:EXPANSION
  101.         directory.
  102. #
  103. break
  104.         FORMAT:         BREAK <process> [ALL|C|D|E|F]
  105.         TEMPLATE:       PROCESS/A/N,ALL/S,C/S,D/S,E/S,F/S
  106.         PATH:           C:
  107.  
  108.         Sets attention flags in the specified process.
  109.         CTRL-C, CTRL-D, CTRL-E, and CTRL-F
  110.  
  111.         Ex. Break 7
  112.         (Sends CTRL-C to process 7.)
  113.             Break 5 D
  114.         (Sends CTRL-D to process 5.)
  115. #
  116. calculator
  117.         FORMAT:         Calculator
  118.         TEMPLATE:       NONE
  119.         PATH:           SYS:UTILITIES
  120.  
  121.         Calls up the calculator utility
  122. #
  123. cd
  124.         FORMAT:         CD [<DIR|PATTERN>]
  125.         TEMPLATE:       DIR
  126.         PATH:           ROM
  127.  
  128.         Changes or displays the current AmigaDOS directory.
  129.  
  130.         Ex. Cd Work:AmosPro
  131.         (Switch to the AmosPro directory in WORK:.)
  132.             Cd Li#?:
  133.         (Switch to the first directory in the current device
  134.         containing the string 'Li'.)
  135. #
  136. changetaskpri
  137.         FORMAT:         CHANGETASKPRI <priority> [<process>]
  138.         TEMPLATE:       PRI=PRIORITY/A/N,PROCESS/K/N
  139.         PATH:           C:
  140.  
  141.         Changes the priority of a currently running process.
  142.  
  143.         -128 = Lowest
  144.          127 = Highest
  145.  
  146.          Ex. CHANGETASKPRI 7 Process 2
  147.          (Changes the priority of process 2 to 7.)
  148. #
  149. clock
  150.         FORMAT:         CLOCK [DIGITAL] [[LEFT] <n>] [[TOP] <n>]
  151.                         [[WIDTH] <n>] [[HEIGHT] <n>] [24HOUR]
  152.                         [SECONDS][DATE]
  153.         TEMPLATE:       DIGITAL/S,LEFT/N,TOP/N,WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N,
  154.                         24HOUR/S,SECONDS/S,DATE/S
  155.         PATH:           SYS:UTILITIES
  156.  
  157.         Calls up the on screen clock.
  158.  
  159.         Ex. Clock Digital 100 50
  160.         (Opens a digital clock at x-y location 100, 50.)
  161. #
  162. cmd
  163.         FORMAT:         CMD <devicename> <filename> [OPT s|m|n]
  164.         TEMPLATE:       DEVICENAME/A,FILENAME/S,OPT/K
  165.         PATH:           EXTRAS2.0:TOOLS
  166.                         SYS:TOOLS
  167.  
  168.         Redirects printer output to a file.
  169.  
  170.         s       Skip inital writes / reset
  171.         m       Intercept multiple files until Ctrl-C
  172.         n       Show progress
  173.  
  174.         Ex. CMD parallel ram:print_file
  175.         (Redirects parallel output to the file 'ram:print_file'.)
  176.             CMD serial ram:BBS.txt
  177.         (Redirects serial output to the file 'ram:BBS.txt'.)
  178. #
  179. colors
  180.         FORMAT:         COLORS [<bitplanes> screentype>]
  181.         TEMPLATE:       BITPLANES,SCREENTYPE
  182.         PATH:           EXTRAS2.0:TOOLS
  183.                         SYS:TOOLS
  184.  
  185.         Changes the colors of the front-most or custom screen.
  186.  
  187.         Bitplanes       Colors          Screentype      Resolution
  188.         1               2               0               320x200
  189.         2               4               1               320x400
  190.         3               8               2               640x200
  191.         4               16              3               640x400
  192.         5               32
  193.  
  194.         Ex. Colors 3 3
  195.         (Opens a custom screen with a resolution of 640x400x8.)
  196. #
  197. conclip
  198.         FORMAT:         CONCLIP [UNIT <n> ] [OFF]
  199.         TEMPLATE:       UNTIL/N,OFF/S
  200.         PATH:           C:
  201.  
  202.         Activates text copy/paste functions.
  203.         Moves data between the console.device (monitor) and the
  204.         clipboard.device (copy/paste).
  205.  
  206.                 CONTROL KEYS:
  207.  
  208.                         RIGHT AMIGA V : Paste Text
  209.                         RIGHT AMIGA C : Copy Text
  210.  
  211.         Ex. Conclip 0
  212.         (Turn conclip on as unit 0 [default].)
  213.             Conclip 0 OFF
  214.         (Deactivate clipping.)
  215. #
  216. copy
  217.         FORMAT:         COPY [FROM] {<name|pattern>} [TO] <name|pattern>
  218.                         [ALL] [QUIET] [BUF|BUFFER=<n>] [CLONE] [DATES]
  219.                         [NOPRO] [COM] [NOREQ]
  220.         TEMPLATE:       FROM/A/M,TO/A,ALL/S,QUIET'S,BUF=BUFFERS/K/N,
  221.                         CLONE/S,DATES/S,NOPRO/S,COM/S,NOREQ/S
  222.         PATH:           C:
  223.  
  224.         Copies files or directories to other locations on a drive.
  225.  
  226.         Enter double quotes ("") in the TO field to copy file to the 
  227.         current directory.
  228.  
  229.         Ex. Copy DF0:FONTS/Westgate.FONT to SYS:Fonts
  230.         (Copy the 'Westgate.FONT' file in drive DF0:'s FONTS directory
  231.         to SYS:'s fonts directory.)
  232.             Copy WORK:Games/SQ4SG.002 to ""
  233.         (Copy the file 'SQ4SG.002 in WORK:'s GAMES directory to the current 
  234.         directory.)
  235. #
  236. cpu
  237.         FORMAT:         CPU [CACHE] [BURST] [NOBURST] [DATACACHE]
  238.                         [DATABURST] [NODATACACHE] [NODATABURST]
  239.                         [INSTCACHE] [INSTBURST] [NOINSTCACHE] 
  240.                         [NOINSTBURST] [FASTROM] [NOFASTROM] [NOMMUTEST]
  241.                         [CHECK 68020|68030|68881|68882|68851|MMU|FPU]
  242.         TEMPLATE:       CACHE/S,BURST/S,NOCACHE/S,NOBURST/S,DATACACHE/S,
  243.                         DATABURST/S,NODATACACHE/S,NODATABURST/S,INSTCACHE/S,
  244.                         INSTBURST/S,NOINSTACACHE/S,NOINSTBURST/S,FASTROM/S,
  245.                         NOFASTROM/S,NOMMUTEST/S,CHECK/K
  246.         Path:           C:
  247.  
  248.         Changes the configuration of the CPU.
  249.         
  250.         CACHE/NOCACHE           Turns on/off data/intruction cache.
  251.         BURST/NOBURST           Turns on/off data/instruction burst mode.
  252.         [NO] DA