Enabling OpenVMS to use the DS CLI help

The DS CLI installation process offers the option to add modules to the system help library. If you enable OpenVMS with this option, you can use the DS CLI help.

The DS CLI installation process offers the option to add modules to the system help library SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]HELPLIB.HLB and the system messages database SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]MSGHLP$LIBRARY.MSGHLP$DATA. If you choose this option, the module IBMDSCLI is added as the top-level key to the help library, and the DS CLI status messages can be accessed using the HELP/MESSAGE/FACILITY=IBMDSCLI command. Additionally, the login procedure IBMDSCLI$MANAGER:IBMDSCLI$LOGIN.COM activates the message section file IBMDSCLI$SYSTEM:IBMDSCLI_Messages_Shr.exe for the current process.

In every case, the installation process provides the following files in the directory which is referred by the logical name IBMDSCLI$HELP:

IBMDSCLI_Ovr.hlp: A help library containing one module with the top-level key IBMDSCLI. You can add this library to the search list for help libraries in your OpenVMS system by defining appropriate logical names HLP$LIBRARY, HLP$LIBRARY_1, HLP$LIBRARY_2, and so forth.
IBMDSCLI_Messages.msghlp$data: A message help data file with messages for facility IBMDSCLI. You can add this data file to the searchlist for message help files in your OpenVMS system by defining the logical name MSGHLP$LIBRARY accordingly.

If you do not want the installation process to modify the OpenVMS system libraries, you can use these OpenVMS default logical names to integrate the DS CLI help information manually.