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A2osX Help Help
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The help command displays system, application and program
help files for A2osX. Options include:
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help help - displays this help page
help adm - general help on the A2osX Domain Manager
help adm enable - help on the adm enable command
help ls - help on the ls command
help sh - general shell (bin/sh) help
help sh for - help on the shell for command
help list - displays a directory listing of help topics
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TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/help
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A2osX Domain Manager Help
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ADM or the A2osX Domain Manager is a series of scripts you can use to
perform a variety of administrative functions on your A2osX system.
For help on any of the adm commands use the syntax help adm command
For example you can do
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help adm update
help adm enable
help adm app install
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TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/adm
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A2osX ADM Update Help
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The adm update command allows you to update your current A2osX installation
to the latest build. This command requires a properly installed, configured
and running network infastructure. Update will test that the update.a2osx.net
server can be reached. Update will then compare the currently running version
with the latest version available on the update server.
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The update process will install new system files, bins and even an updated
version of ProDOS FX. It will not change files in user home directories
or configuration files stored in ./etc (other then updated the version file
itself).
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MAN
TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/adm.help/update
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A2osX Edit Help
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The edit command allows the user to interactively read and edit standard text
files in A2osX. If you do not specify a file name on the command line, you
will be prompted to enter one when you save your work (control-S). Consult
the help screen below for a list of the special keys that can be used while
editing a file.
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A note for the touch typists!: While edit is not a word processor, it still is
one of the most complex programs included in A2osX. It does a lot! A side
affect of this, and due to the lack of a keyboard buffer in the Apple //e, if
you try to speed type while using EDIT some keystrokes may be dropped. This
is most noticeable when using the AppleWin emulator set to 1.0 speed.
Changing the emulator speed to at least 2.0 will significantly reduce or
eliminate the dropped keys.
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MAN
TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/edit
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A2osX Shell (bin/sh) Special Keys
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While entering commands at the A2osX shell prompt, you can use the
following special keys to edit the command line:
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Key Usage
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DELETE Deletes character to left of cursor, moves rest of line left
Control-C Erases entire command line
Control-D Exits Shell and if user Shell logs you out of your session
Control-Z Deletes character under the cursor
Up Arrow Displays previous command(s) from history.
Down Arrow Displays next command(s) from history.
Left Arrow Moves cursor to the left to edit current command
Right Arrow Moves cursor to the right to edit current command
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In addition to the editing keys above, you can use the following special
keys while running scripts or executing commands:
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Key Usage
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Control-C Interrupts running command or script
Open Apple-0 Switches you to the console display
Open Apple-1 Switches you to Virtual Terminals 1 through 8 if so configured
to OA-8
Open Apple-9 Switches you to the GUI display if configured and started
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MAN
TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/sh.help/keys
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A2osX Shell CD Command Help
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cd <value>
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The cd command is used to change the current working directory. You must
supply the cd command a valid relative or absolute path. Examples of
relative paths include subdir1 (a sub-directory in the current directory),
../subdir2 (a sub-directory in the parent of the current directory), and
subdir1/subdir3 ( a sub-directory in the sub-directory subdir1 of the current
directory). An absolute path always begins with a / and includes the volume
name of the disk drive to which change the current working directory such as
/MYVOL1/var/logs (the sub-directory logs in the directory var on the disk
with a volume label of MYVOL1).
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You can use the pwd command to display the current working directory if your
prompt ($) does not automatically display it on the command line (the default,
set in your PROFILE). The current working directory is used by the shell to
look for scripts not located in one of the directories specified by $PATH or
as the directory for reading and writing files when no path is provided by a
command. For example, if you execute the ls command without arguments, ls
assumes to list the files in the current working directory. Similarly, if
you specify a file without a path, for example the command echo Hello >
outfile, shell will place the file outfile in the current working directory.
See the related popd and pushd commands.
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MAN
TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/sh.help/cd
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A2osX ADM Update Help
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TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/x
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A2osX ADM Update Help
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TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/x
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A2osX ADM Update Help
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TEXT /MAKE/usr/share/help/x