[Info-vax] VMS Help, man pages and info, was: Re: Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Simon Clubley wrote 2013-02-05 21:46:

> VMS help only gives you a really basic summary of each command option;
> with few exceptions it does not give you any real overview or conceptual
> information. About the only thing you can do with VMS help is to double
> check on the syntax or name of a qualifier before you use it.

Well, that *very* much depend on *what* you are reading !

The VMS help pages for Rdb (and it's tools) are very complete and
usualy with 10-15 full and commented examples for each command/switch.

Jan-Erik.