Author: jkupec Date: Fri Jun 6 12:23:47 2008 New Revision: 10360 URL: http://svn.opensuse.org/viewcvs/zypp?rev=10360&view=rev Log: - help help added Modified: branches/SuSE-Linux-11_0-Branch/zypper/doc/zypper.8 Modified: branches/SuSE-Linux-11_0-Branch/zypper/doc/zypper.8 URL: http://svn.opensuse.org/viewcvs/zypp/branches/SuSE-Linux-11_0-Branch/zypper/doc/zypper.8?rev=10360&r1=10359&r2=10360&view=diff ============================================================================== --- branches/SuSE-Linux-11_0-Branch/zypper/doc/zypper.8 (original) +++ branches/SuSE-Linux-11_0-Branch/zypper/doc/zypper.8 Fri Jun 6 12:23:47 2008 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .LP zypper [\fI\-\-global\-options\fR] <\fBcommand\fR> [\fI\-\-command\-options\fR] [\fBcommand-arguments\fR] -zypper \fI\-\-help\fR [\fBcommand\fR] +zypper \fBhelp\fR [\fBcommand\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .LP zypper is a command\-line interface to ZYpp system management library. @@ -92,6 +92,25 @@ .SS General Commands .TP +.B help [command] +Shows help texts. If invoked without any argument (just \'zypper\' or +\'zypper\ help\'), zypper displays global help text which lists all available +global options and commands (except those provided only for compatibility +with rug). + +If invoked with a command name argument, zypper displays help for the +specified command, if such command exists. Long as well as short variants +of the command names can be used. + +For your convenience, zypper help can be invoked in any of the following ways: + +.B $ zypper help [command] +.br +.B $ zypper -h|--help [command] +.br +.B $ zypper [command] -h|--help + +.TP .B shell (sh) Starts a shell for entering multiple commands in one session. Exit the shell using "exit", "quit", or Ctrl-D. @@ -101,8 +120,8 @@ since libzypp became so fast (opensSUSE 11.0), but still, you're welcome to experiment with it. -.SS Package Management Commands +.SS Package Management Commands .TP .B info (if) <name> ... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-commit+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-commit+help@opensuse.org