Command: help
HELP is this collection of FreeDOS help files in html format.
Click here if you want to know how to use the help.
Syntax:
HELP [options] [topic]
Options:
Basic Options:
topic Show help on this topic.
/M Force monochrome display.
/F1 Use fancy colour scheme 1.
/F2 Use fancy colour scheme 2.
/A Uses ASCII instead of extended characters.
/Cnnn Tell HELP the codepage is nnn, rather than let detect.
/? Shows the help.
Advanced Options:
/O[path[file]] Overrides the help path.
If no file is specified, index.htm is assumed.
/Lfile Loads a file other than index.htm relative to the help path.
/Htopic When the user presses F1 or clicks on "help on help" help
will load this file. Default is help.htm.
Environment Variables:
HELPPATH Directory that contains your help files.
HELPCMD Put /M, /A, F1, F2 here to make them default.
Comments:
HELP is also named HTMLHELP or HHSTNDRD.
Actual version: HHSTNDRD 1.0.7a en.
In FreeDOS (not in internet) HELP consists of a DOS html viewer
(help.exe) and the html help files.
HELP supports NLS (national language support).
Examples:
- none -
See also:
apropos
fasthelp
fdhelp
How to use the Help
htmlhelp
whatis
Copyright © 2008 W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.