Obtaining Help

You can get the top-level help information for CONVERT by typing:

     % conhelp

from the UNIX shell, or:

     ICL> CONHELP

from ICL. (You can also access CONVERT help from ICL by using the ICL command, HELP.)

The help topics are mostly detailed descriptions of the applications but also include global information on matters such as using parameters. e.g. the following command gives help on the application UNF2NDF.

     % conhelp unf2ndf

If you have commenced running an application you can still access the help library whenever you are prompted for a parameter; you enter ?. Here is an example.

     NOPEREC - Number of data values per output record /512/ > ?

     NDF2UNF

       Parameters

         NOPEREC = _INTEGER (Read)
            The number of data values per record of the output file.  It
            should be in the range 1 to 8191, unless the array is double
            precision, when the upper limit is 4095.  The suggested
            default is the current value. [The first dimension of the NDF]

     NOPEREC - Number of data values per output record /512/ >