1  HELP
   Displays information about how to enter FTP commands. Provides
   help for both DCL and UNIX commands, as follows:

   o  HELP - Displays all DCL FTP commands

   o  HELP ftp_command - Displays DCL help information for the
      specified command

   o  ? - Displays all the UNIX FTP commands

   o  ? command - Displays help for the specified UNIX command

   DCL Format

     HELP  [ /REMOTE ] [ command ]

   UNIX Format

     help  [ command ]

     ?  [ command ]
 

2  Parameters
 

command

   Optional.

   FTP command about which you would like information.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/REMOTE

   Optional. Default: local host.

   The remote host displays FTP help information. If the remote
   host is a UNIX host, the FTP help is all UNIX style. If you want
   to display information about a specific command, the /REMOTE
   qualifier must follow the HELP command and precede the name of
   any command for which you want information, as shown in example
   2.
 

2  Examples

   1.FTP> HELP

       Information available:

       APPEND     CONNECT    CREATE     DELETE     DIRECTORY  DISABLE
       DISCONNECT ENABLE     EXIT       GET        HELP       LOGIN      PUT
       QUOTE      RENAME     SET        SHOW       SPAWN      VIEW

     Topic?

     The local system displays all DCL FTP commands.

   2.FTP> HELP/REMOTE
     214-The following commands are recognized (* =>'s unimplemented)

     USER   PORT    STOR    MSAM*   RNTO    NLST    MKD     CDUP    LPSV
     PASS   PASV    APPE    MRSQ*   ABOR    SITE    XMKD    XCUP    EPRT
     ACCT*  TYPE    MLFL*   MRCP*   DELE    SYST    RMD     STOU    EPSV
     SMNT*  STRU    MAIL    ALLO    CWD     STAT    XRMD    SIZE
     REIN*  MODE    MSND*   REST*   XCWD    HELP    PWD     MDTM
     QUIT   RETR    MSOM*   RNFR    LIST    NOOP    XPWD    LPRT

     214 End of help
     FTP>

     The remote host, a UNIX system, displays the FTP commands you
     can use in your FTP session with this system.

   3.FTP> HELP/REMOTE USER
     214 Syntax: USER <sp> username
     FTP>

     The remote host displays information about the FTP command
     USER.

   4.FTP> ?
     Commands may be abbreviated.  Commands are:

     append          disconnect      mkdir           remotehelp      view
     ascii           form            mls             rename          view/p
     bell            get             mode            reset           view/pa
     binary          glob            mput            rmdir           view/pag
     bye             hash            open            rstatus         view/page
     case            image           prompt          send            vms
     cd              lcd             sendport        status          ?
     cdup            ls              put             struct          !
     close           lpwd            pwd             sunique
     delete          mdelete         quit            type
     debug           mdir            quote           user
     dir             mget            recv            verbose
     FTP>

     Displays FTP HELP about UNIX commands.