1 03/11/76   explain, exp
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 3 Function:  The explain command prints a specific online description.
 4 Such a description is maintained for each DFAST command and for general
 5 topics such as file access.  A list of topics available can be obtained
 6 by issuing the command with "topics" as its argument.
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 9 Syntax:  explain {-long} topic1{ topic2 ... topicN}
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11 where:
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14 1.   -long          is a control argument that specifies a long form of
15                     explain messages for given topics; if not supplied,
16                     a brief message is printed.
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18 2.   topic          is a keyword indicating the explain message
19                     desired.
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22 Example:
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24 !    explain new
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27      02/11/76   new
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29      Function:  starts input of a new current file.
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31      Syntax:  new file_name
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33      Arguments:  file_name is the name to be assigned to the current file.
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36      ready  0930
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39 !    explain teach
40      explain:  no explain segment for "teach"
41      ready  0930