Mailinglist Archive: zypp-commit (194 mails)

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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
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--- 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> ...

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