vos_apropos1
Displays each help entry containing a keyword string
Usage
vos apropos
-topic
<help
string>
[-help]
vos ap
-t
<help
string>
[-h]
Overview
The vos apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any vos command that has in its name or short description the string specified by the -topic argument.
To display the syntax for a command, use the vos help command.
Options
-topic<help string>-
Specifies the keyword string to match. Use lowercase letters only, except for the acronym
"VLDB". If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double quotes ("") or other delimiters.
-
-help -
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
Output
The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any vos command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.
Examples
The following command displays all vos commands that include the word lock in their names or short descriptions:
% vos apropos locklock: lock VLDB entry for a volumeunlock: release lock on VLDB entry for a volumeunlockvldb: unlock all the locked entries in the VLDB
Privilege required
None
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.