apropos

apropos -- lists all Cascade Historian commands.

Synopsis

       
(apropos [pattern])
	

Parameters

pattern

A string containing a pattern to be matched against command names, supporting * and ? wildcard characters. When this parameter is not specified, the default is *, to include all command names.

Returns

A list of the command names, formatted as:

    (apropos command1 ... commandN)

on success, otherwise (error).

Description

This command provides a list of all the commands available in the driver that match the pattern. If no pattern is given, it means the equivalent of *, and the list will contain all command names.

Example

    Hist> (apropos "bufferIdD*")
    (apropos bufferIdData bufferIdDataAscii bufferIdDestroy)
      

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