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

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