From 6a88399094d7739cf4baebf71e8b2652b0aad2ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Baars Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:14:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cmd: Make some help messages more informative. --- programs/cmd/En.rc | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/programs/cmd/En.rc b/programs/cmd/En.rc index 0c31dfb03b9..97f4640dce8 100644 --- a/programs/cmd/En.rc +++ b/programs/cmd/En.rc @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_DEFAULT STRINGTABLE { - WCMD_ATTRIB, "Help about ATTRIB\n" + WCMD_ATTRIB, "ATTRIB shows or changes DOS file attributes.\n" WCMD_CALL, "CALL is used within a batch file to execute commands\n\ from another batch file. When the batch file exits, control returns to\n\ @@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ called procedure.\n\ Changes to default directory, environment variables etc made within a\n\ called procedure are inherited by the caller.\n" - WCMD_CD, "Help about CD\n" - WCMD_CHDIR, "Help about CHDIR\n" + WCMD_CD, "CD is the short version of CHDIR. It changes the current\n\ +default directory.\n" + WCMD_CHDIR, "CHDIR changes the current default directory.\n" - WCMD_CLS, "CLS clears the console screen\n" + WCMD_CLS, "CLS clears the console screen.\n" - WCMD_COPY, "Help about COPY\n" - WCMD_CTTY, "Help about CTTY\n" - WCMD_DATE, "Help about DATE\n" - WCMD_DEL, "Help about DEL\n" - WCMD_DIR, "Help about DIR\n" + WCMD_COPY, "COPY copies a file.\n" + WCMD_CTTY, "CTTY changes the input/output device.\n" + WCMD_DATE, "DATE shows or changes the system date.\n" + WCMD_DEL, "DEL deletes a file or set of files.\n" + WCMD_DIR, "DIR lists the contents of a directory.\n" WCMD_ECHO, "ECHO displays on the current terminal device.\n\ @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ ECHO OFF reverses the effect of a previous ECHO ON (ECHO is OFF by\n\ default). The ECHO OFF command can be prevented from displaying by\n\ preceding it with an @ sign.\n" - WCMD_ERASE, "Help about ERASE\n" + WCMD_ERASE, "ERASE deletes a file or set of files.\n" WCMD_FOR, "The FOR command is used to execute a command for each of a set of files.\n\ @@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ label terminates the batch file execution.\n\ \n\ GOTO has no effect when used interactively.\n" - WCMD_HELP, "Help about HELP\n" + WCMD_HELP, "HELP shows brief help details on a topic.\n\ +HELP without an argument shows all CMD built-in commands.\n" WCMD_IF, "IF is used to conditionally execute a command.\n\ @@ -96,8 +98,9 @@ Syntax: LABEL [drive:]\n\ The command will prompt you for the new volume label for the given drive.\n\ You can display the disk volume label with the VOL command.\n" - WCMD_MD, "Help about MD\n" - WCMD_MKDIR, "Help about MKDIR\n" + WCMD_MD, +"MD is the short version of MKDIR. It creates a subdirectory.\n" + WCMD_MKDIR, "MKDIR creates a subdirectory.\n" WCMD_MOVE, "MOVE relocates a file or directory to a new point within the file system.\n\ \n\ @@ -148,10 +151,12 @@ so the command 'SET PROMPT=text' has the same effect as 'PROMPT text'\n" "A command line beginning REM (followed by a space) performs no\n\ action, and can therefore be used as a comment in a batch file.\n" - WCMD_REN, "Help about REN\n" - WCMD_RENAME, "Help about RENAME\n" - WCMD_RD, "Help about RD\n" - WCMD_RMDIR, "Help about RMDIR\n" + WCMD_REN, +"REN is the short version of RENAME. It renames a file.\n" + WCMD_RENAME, "RENAME renames a file\n" + WCMD_RD, +"RD is the short version of RMDIR. It deletes a subdirectory.\n" + WCMD_RMDIR, "RMDIR deletes a subdirectory.\n" WCMD_SET, "SET displays or changes the cmd environment variables.\n\ @@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ not possible to affect the operating system environment from within cmd.\n" the list, so parameter 2 becomes parameter 1 and so on. It has no effect\n\ if called from the command line.\n" - WCMD_TIME, "Help about TIME\n" + WCMD_TIME, "TIME sets or shows the current system time.\n" WCMD_TITLE, "Sets the window title for the cmd window, syntax TITLE [string]\n" @@ -187,16 +192,16 @@ if redirected). No check is made that the file is readable text.\n" WCMD_VERIFY, "VERIFY is used to set, clear or test the verify flag. Valid forms are:\n\ \n\ -VERIFY ON Set the flag\n\ -VERIFY OFF Clear the flag\n\ -VERIFY Displays ON or OFF as appropriate.\n\ +VERIFY ON\tSet the flag\n\ +VERIFY OFF\tClear the flag\n\ +VERIFY\t\tDisplays ON or OFF as appropriate.\n\ \n\ The verify flag has no function in Wine.\n" WCMD_VER, "VER displays the version of cmd you are running\n" - WCMD_VOL, "Help about VOL\n" + WCMD_VOL, "VOL shows the volume label of a disk device.\n" WCMD_PUSHD, "PUSHD saves the current directory onto a\n\ stack, and then changes the current directory to the supplied one.\n"