Comtrol eCos - Manual (Page 131)

help
Name
help — Display help on available commands
Synopsis
help [ topic ]
Arguments
Name Type Description Default
topic String Which command to
provide help for. All commands
Description
The help command displays information about the available RedBoot commands. If a topic is given, then the
display is restricted to information about that specific command.
If the command has sub-commands, e.g. fis, then the topic specific display will print additional information about
the available sub-commands. special (ICMP) packets to a specific host. These packets should be automatically
returned by that host. The command will indicate how many of these round-trips were successfully completed.
Examples
Show generic help. Note that the contents of this display will depend on the various configuration options for
RedBoot when it was built.
RedBoot> help
Manage aliases kept in FLASH memory
alias name [value]
Manage machine caches
cache [ON | OFF]
Display/switch console channel
channel [-1| < channel number > ]
Compute a 32bit checksum [POSIX algorithm] for a range of memory
cksum -b < location > -l < length >
Display (hex dump) a range of memory
dump -b < location > [-l < length > ] [-s] [-1|2|4]
Manage FLASH images
fis {cmds}
Manage configuration kept in FLASH memory
fconfig [-i] [-l] [-n] [-f] [-d] | [-d] nickname [value]
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