Technical data

System Dump Analyzer
HELP
HELP
Displays information about the SDA utility, its operation, and the format of its
commands.
Format
HELP [command-name]
Parameter
command-name
Command for which you need information.
You can also specify the following keywords in place of command-name.
Keyword Function
CPU_CONTEXT Describes the concept of CPU context as it governs the
behavior of SDA in uniprocessor and multiprocessor
environments
EXECUTE_
COMMAND
Causes SDA to execute SDA commands contained in a
file
EXPRESSIONS Prints a description of SDA expressions
INITIALIZATION Describes the circumstances under which SDA executes
an initialization file when first invoked
OPERATION Describes how to operate SDA at your terminal and by
means of the site-specific startup procedure
PROCESS_CONTEXT Describes the concept of process context as it governs
the behavior of SDA in uniprocessor and multiprocessor
environments
SYMBOLS Consists of up to 31 letters and numbers, and
can include the dollar sign ($) and underscore (_)
characters. When you invoke SDA, it reads in the
global symbols from symbols table psect of SYS$BASE_
IMAGE.EXE, and from REQSYSDEF.STB, a required
subset of the symbols in the file SYSDEF.STB. You can
add other symbols to SDA’s symbol table by using the
DEFINE and READ commands.
Qualifiers
None.
Description
The HELP command displays brief descriptions of SDA commands and concepts
on the terminal screen (or sends these descriptions to the file designated in a SET
OUTPUT command). You can request additional information by specifying the
name of a topic in response to the Topic? prompt.
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