man

Displays an online reference page

APPLICABILITY

ClearCase (cleartool subcommand), MultiSite (multitool subcommand), Attache (command)

SYNOPSIS

man [ command_name ]

DESCRIPTION

This command does not require a product license.

The man command displays the specified online reference page in Windows Help format. For cleartool and multitool subcommands, Attache local commands, and hybrid commands, or if your Attache helper is running on a UNIX host, you can use any valid command abbreviation or alias. For example:

With no arguments, man displays the product's overview reference page. In Attache, help is a synonym for man.

PERMISSIONS AND LOCKS

Permissions Checking: No special permissions required. Locks: No locks apply.

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

SPECIFYING THE REFERENCE PAGE.  Default: Displays the overview reference page for the product.

command_name

The name (or abbreviation, or alias) of a cleartool or multitool subcommand, Attache local or hybrid command, or the name of any other ClearCase or MultiSite reference page.

EXAMPLES

Examples including wildcards or quoting are written for use in cleartool interactive mode. If you use cleartool single-command mode, you may need to change the wildcards and quoting to make your command interpreter process the command appropriately.

In cleartool single-command mode, cmd-context represents the command interpreter prompt. In cleartool interactive mode, cmd-context represents the interactive cleartool prompt. In Attache, cmd-context represents the workspace prompt.

• Display the reference page for the mkview command.

cmd-context man mkview

• Display the overview reference page for the product.

cmd-context man

SEE ALSO

attache_command_line_interface, help