help Usage: HELP [Command Name] HELP [Search Letter] Help will describe the command that you specify in the command line, if it finds it in the 'HELP.LIBRARY'. If a character is specified, help will search for all commands beginning with that letter. # addbuffers FORMAT: ADDBUFFERS [] TEMPLATE: DRIVE/A,NUMBER/N PATH: C: Adds cache buffers to a drive. Ex. Addbuffers DF0: 30 # addmonitor FORMAT: ADDMONITOR NUM=%d NAME=%s TEMPLATE: NUM/N/A,NAME/A,HBSTRT/K,HBSTOP/K HSSTRT/K,HSSTOP/K,VBSTRT/K,VBSTOP/K VSSTRT/K,VSSTOP/K,MINROW/K,MINCOL/K TOTROWS/K,TOTCOLS/K,BEAMCONO/K PATH: Sys:System/Addmonitor Informs the Amiga that a non-RGB style monitor has been added to the system. Ex. Addmonitor NUM=3 NAME=Multiscan # alias FORMAT: ALIAS [] [] TEMPLATE: NAME,STRING/F PATH: ROM Creates a macro for a command or set of commands. Lists current aliases. Ex. Alias 1d Dir Df1: (Displays DF1:'s directory.) Ex. Alias Print Type [] to PRT: (Types the specified file to the printer.) # ask FORMAT: ASK TEMPLATE: PROMPT/A PATH: ROM Obtains user input when executing a script. Ex. Prompt Boot Parbench (Y/N)? (Displays 'Boot Parbench (Y/N) in current window and waits for user input.) See 'IF','ELSE','ENDIF', and 'WARN' for more information. # assign FORMAT: ASSIGN [:{dir}] [LIST] [EXISTS] [DISMOUNT] [DEFER] [PATH] [ADD] [REMOVE] [VOLS] [DIRS] [DEVICES] TEMPLATE: NAME,TARGET/M,LIST/S,EXISTS/S,DISMOUNT/S, DEFER/S,PATH/S,ADD/S,REMOVE/S,VOLS/S,DIRS/S, DEVICES/S PATH: C: Assigns a device name to a system directory. Ex. Assign Art: Work:DPAINT/PICS # autopoint FORMAT: AUTOPOINT [CX_PRIORITY=] TEMPLATE: CX_PRIORITY/K/N PATH: Extras2.0:Tools/Commodities/AutoPoint Sys:Tools/Commodities/AutoPoint Automatically select any window under the mouse pointer. Ex. Autopoint # avail FORMAT: [CHIP|FAST|TOTAL] [FLUSH] TEMPLATE: CHIP/S,FAST/S,TOTAL/S,FLUSH/S PATH: C: Reports the amount of Chip, Fast, and total memory available. Flushes unused libraries from memory. Ex. Avail Avail Chip Avail Fast # binddrivers FORMAT: BINDDRIVERS TEMPLATE: NONE PATH: C: Loads and runs add-on hardware drivers in the SYS:EXPANSION directory. # break FORMAT: BREAK [ALL|C|D|E|F] TEMPLATE: PROCESS/A/N,ALL/S,C/S,D/S,E/S,F/S PATH: C: Sets attention flags in the specified process. CTRL-C, CTRL-D, CTRL-E, and CTRL-F Ex. Break 7 (Sends CTRL-C to process 7.) Break 5 D (Sends CTRL-D to process 5.) # calculator FORMAT: Calculator TEMPLATE: NONE PATH: SYS:UTILITIES Calls up the calculator utility # cd FORMAT: CD [] TEMPLATE: DIR PATH: ROM Changes or displays the current AmigaDOS directory. Ex. Cd Work:AmosPro (Switch to the AmosPro directory in WORK:.) Cd Li#?: (Switch to the first directory in the current device containing the string 'Li'.) # changetaskpri FORMAT: CHANGETASKPRI [] TEMPLATE: PRI=PRIORITY/A/N,PROCESS/K/N PATH: C: Changes the priority of a currently running process. -128 = Lowest 127 = Highest Ex. CHANGETASKPRI 7 Process 2 (Changes the priority of process 2 to 7.) # clock FORMAT: CLOCK [DIGITAL] [[LEFT] ] [[TOP] ] [[WIDTH] ] [[HEIGHT] ] [24HOUR] [SECONDS][DATE] TEMPLATE: DIGITAL/S,LEFT/N,TOP/N,WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N, 24HOUR/S,SECONDS/S,DATE/S PATH: SYS:UTILITIES Calls up the on screen clock. Ex. Clock Digital 100 50 (Opens a digital clock at x-y location 100, 50.) # cmd FORMAT: CMD [OPT s|m|n] TEMPLATE: DEVICENAME/A,FILENAME/S,OPT/K PATH: EXTRAS2.0:TOOLS SYS:TOOLS Redirects printer output to a file. s Skip inital writes / reset m Intercept multiple files until Ctrl-C n Show progress Ex. CMD parallel ram:print_file (Redirects parallel output to the file 'ram:print_file'.) CMD serial ram:BBS.txt (Redirects serial output to the file 'ram:BBS.txt'.) # colors FORMAT: COLORS [ screentype>] TEMPLATE: BITPLANES,SCREENTYPE PATH: EXTRAS2.0:TOOLS SYS:TOOLS Changes the colors of the front-most or custom screen. Bitplanes Colors Screentype Resolution 1 2 0 320x200 2 4 1 320x400 3 8 2 640x200 4 16 3 640x400 5 32 Ex. Colors 3 3 (Opens a custom screen with a resolution of 640x400x8.) # conclip FORMAT: CONCLIP [UNIT ] [OFF] TEMPLATE: UNTIL/N,OFF/S PATH: C: Activates text copy/paste functions. Moves data between the console.device (monitor) and the clipboard.device (copy/paste). CONTROL KEYS: RIGHT AMIGA V : Paste Text RIGHT AMIGA C : Copy Text Ex. Conclip 0 (Turn conclip on as unit 0 [default].) Conclip 0 OFF (Deactivate clipping.) # copy FORMAT: COPY [FROM] {} [TO] [ALL] [QUIET] [BUF|BUFFER=] [CLONE] [DATES] [NOPRO] [COM] [NOREQ] TEMPLATE: FROM/A/M,TO/A,ALL/S,QUIET'S,BUF=BUFFERS/K/N, CLONE/S,DATES/S,NOPRO/S,COM/S,NOREQ/S PATH: C: Copies files or directories to other locations on a drive. Enter double quotes ("") in the TO field to copy file to the current directory. Ex. Copy DF0:FONTS/Westgate.FONT to SYS:Fonts (Copy the 'Westgate.FONT' file in drive DF0:'s FONTS directory to SYS:'s fonts directory.) Copy WORK:Games/SQ4SG.002 to "" (Copy the file 'SQ4SG.002 in WORK:'s GAMES directory to the current directory.) # cpu FORMAT: CPU [CACHE] [BURST] [NOBURST] [DATACACHE] [DATABURST] [NODATACACHE] [NODATABURST] [INSTCACHE] [INSTBURST] [NOINSTCACHE] [NOINSTBURST] [FASTROM] [NOFASTROM] [NOMMUTEST] [CHECK 68020|68030|68881|68882|68851|MMU|FPU] TEMPLATE: CACHE/S,BURST/S,NOCACHE/S,NOBURST/S,DATACACHE/S, DATABURST/S,NODATACACHE/S,NODATABURST/S,INSTCACHE/S, INSTBURST/S,NOINSTACACHE/S,NOINSTBURST/S,FASTROM/S, NOFASTROM/S,NOMMUTEST/S,CHECK/K Path: C: Changes the configuration of the CPU. CACHE/NOCACHE Turns on/off data/intruction cache. BURST/NOBURST Turns on/off data/instruction burst mode. [NO] DATA/INST/CACHE/BURST Same as above, but with the option of affecting only data or instructions. FASTROM/NOFASTROM Turns on/off kickstart remapping. NOMMUTEST Change MMU without use check. CHECK Checks for the presence of the supplied keyword. # date FORMAT: DATE [] [] [