CommandDescriptor Command

Overview

The “CommandDescriptor Command” prints the summary of a command in the prompt window. Use
it when you have found a command name with the “CommandList Command” and want to know what
that command actually does before you run it.

The command can be started in the following way:

1. Enter “_CmdCommandDescriptor” in the prompt window.

Usage

Here is an explanation of how the “CommandDescriptor Command” is typically used:

1. Start the command.

2. Enter the name of the command you want to know about, for example “_CmdSetVar”. An
   alias can be entered instead of the name, and upper and lower case are not
   distinguished.

3. The name, the aliases and the summary of that command are printed in the prompt window.

Name : _CmdSetVar
Alias : setvar
Summary : This command is used to list or change system variable values.

4. When you press Enter without typing a name, every command is listed instead, one per
   line, with its summary after the name.

_CmdCommandList : Lists the available commands and their aliases in the prompt window.
_CmdSetVar : This command is used to list or change system variable values.

The commands added by a .NET DLL, whether it was loaded at start-up or with the “NetLoad
Command”, are described together with the built-in ones. “N/A” is printed when a command
has no summary.

Commands that are not available in your edition, and commands that are only used
internally by the menus of the application, are not described. The name of such a command
is reported as not found.

Use the “CommandList Command” to see the command names alone, and the “Alias Command” to
add your own short names for them.

Command Name

_CmdCommandDescriptor

Alias

None