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1.1 ! root 1: .th HELP QUEL 2/21/79 ! 2: .sh NAME ! 3: help \- get information about how to use \*(II or about relations in the database. ! 4: .sh SYNOPSIS ! 5: .bd help ! 6: [ ! 7: relname ! 8: ] [ ! 9: "section" ! 10: ] ! 11: {, relname}{, "section"} ! 12: .br ! 13: .bd "help view" ! 14: relname {, relname} ! 15: .br ! 16: .bd "help permit" ! 17: relname {, relname} ! 18: .br ! 19: .bd "help integrity" ! 20: relname {, relname} ! 21: .sh DESCRIPTION ! 22: .it Help ! 23: may be used to obtain sections of ! 24: this manual, information on the content of the current data base, ! 25: information about specific relations in the data base, view definitions, ! 26: or protection and integrity constraints on a relation. ! 27: The legal forms are as follow: ! 28: .s3 ! 29: .if n .in +5 ! 30: .if t .in +.5i ! 31: .de xx ! 32: .if n .ti -5 ! 33: .if t .ti -.5i ! 34: .. ! 35: .xx ! 36: .bd "help ""\c" ! 37: .it section \c ! 38: .bd """" ! 39: \- Produces a copy of the specified section of the ! 40: \*(II Reference Manual, and prints it on the standard output ! 41: device. ! 42: .xx ! 43: .bd help ! 44: \- Gives information about all relations that exist in the ! 45: current database. ! 46: .xx ! 47: .bd help ! 48: .it "relname {, relname}" ! 49: \- Gives information about the ! 50: specified relations. ! 51: .xx ! 52: .bd "help ""\*|""" ! 53: \- Gives the table of contents. ! 54: .xx ! 55: .bd "help view" ! 56: .it "relname {, relname}" ! 57: \- Prints view definitions of specified views. ! 58: .xx ! 59: .bd "help permit" ! 60: .it "relname {, relname}" ! 61: \- Prints permissions on specified relations. ! 62: .xx ! 63: .bd "help integrity" ! 64: .it "relname {, relname}" ! 65: \- Prints integrity constraints on specified relations. ! 66: .if n .in -5 ! 67: .if t .in -.5i ! 68: .s3 ! 69: The ! 70: .bd permit ! 71: and ! 72: .bd integrity ! 73: forms print out unique identifiers for each constraint. ! 74: These identifiers may be used to ! 75: remove ! 76: the constraints with the ! 77: .it destroy ! 78: statement. ! 79: .sh EXAMPLE ! 80: help ! 81: .br ! 82: help help /\*(** prints this page of the manual \*(**/ ! 83: .br ! 84: help quel ! 85: .br ! 86: help emp ! 87: .br ! 88: help emp, parts, "help", supply ! 89: .br ! 90: help view overp_view ! 91: .br ! 92: help permit parts, employee ! 93: .br ! 94: help integrity parts, employee ! 95: .br ! 96: .i0 ! 97: .sh "SEE ALSO" ! 98: destroy(quel) ! 99: .sh BUGS ! 100: Alphabetics appearing within the ! 101: section name ! 102: must be in lower-case to be recognized.
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