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.TH HELP 1 "2/1/07" "Heirloom Development Tools" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
help \- ask for help regarding SCCS error or warning messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBhelp\fR [\fIargument\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The \fIhelp\fR utility retrieves information to further explain errors messages and warnings from \s-1SCCS\s+1 commands.
It also provides some information about \s-1SCCS\s+1 command usage.
If no arguments are given, \fIhelp\fR prompts for one.
.PP
An \fIargument\fR may be a message number (which normally appears in parentheses following each \s-1SCCS\s+1 error or warning message), or an \s-1SCCS\s+1 command name.
\fIhelp\fR responds with an explanation of the message or a usage line for the command.
.PP
When all else fails, try `\fBhelp stuck\fR'.
.SH FILES
.TP 20
\fB/usr/ccs/lib/help\fR
directory containing files of message text