<sect1 id="scripts-bash-help">

    <title>The <function>help</function> functionality</title>

    <para>

        The <function>help</function> functionality is the interface

        the <command>centos-art.sh</command> script provides to

        control frequent documentation tasks (e.g., reading, editing,

        update output files, etc.) requied by specific documentation

        backends.  Documentation backends supported by

        <function>help</function> functionality are described in 

        linkend="manuals"/>.

    </para>

    <simplesect>

    <title>Synopsis</title>

        <para>

            <userinput>centos-art help [OPTIONS] path/to/dir …</userinput>

        </para>

        <para>

            The <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> parameter specifies

            the directory structure inside the working copy of The

            CentOS Artwork Repository you want to process the related

            documentation entry for. More than one directory structure

            can be passed as <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter>

            parameter.

        </para>

        <para>

            The <function>help</function> functionality accepts the

            following options:

            <variablelist>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--quiet</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Supress all output messages except error messages.

                When this option is passed, all confirmation requests

                are supressed as well and a possitive answer is

                assumed for them, just as if the

                <option>--answer-yes</option> option had been

                provided.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--answer-yes</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Assume <emphasis>yes</emphasis> to all confirmation requests.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--dont-commit-changes</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Supress all commit and update actions realized over

                files, before and after the action itself had took

                place over files in the working copy.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--backend="STRING"</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Specify <replaceable>STRING</replaceable> as

                default documentation backend to use. Possible

                arguments to this options are:

                <literal>texinfo</literal>

                or <literal>docbook</literal>. If this option is not

                provided, <literal>texinfo</literal> is used as

                default documentation backend.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--search="STRING"</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Go to node pointed by index entry <literal>STRING</literal>.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--edit</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Edit documentation entry related to path specified by

                <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> parameter.

            </para>

            <para>

                The <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> parameter must

                point to any directory inside the repository.  When

                more than one <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> are

                passed as non-option arguments to the

                <command>centos-art.sh</command> script command-line,

                they are queued for further edition.  The edition

                itself takes place through your default text editor

                (e.g., the one you specified in the

                <envar>EDITOR</envar> environment variable) and the

                text editor opens one file at time (i.e., the queue of

                files to edit is not loaded in the text editor.).

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--read</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Read documentation entry specified by

                <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> path.  This option

                is used internally by <command>centos-art.sh</command>

                script to print out the reference you can follow to

                know more about an error message.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--update</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Update output files rexporting them from the specified

                backend source files.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--copy</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Duplicate documentation entries inside the working

                copy of the repository.

            </para>

            <para>

                When documentation entries are copied, it is required

                to pass two non-option parameters in the command-line.

                The first non-option parameter is considered the

                source location and the second one the target

                location.  Both source location and target location

                must point to a directory under the working copy.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--delete</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Delete documentation entries specified by

                <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> inside the working

                copy. It is possible to delete more than one

                documentation entry by specifying more

                <parameter>path/to/dir</parameter> parameters in the

                command-line.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            <varlistentry>

            <term><option>--rename</option></term>

            <listitem>

            <para>

                Rename documentation entries inside the working copy.

            </para>

            <para>

                When documentation entries are renamed, it is required

                to pass only two non-option parameters to the

                command-line. The first non-option parameter is

                considered the source location and the second one the

                target location.  Both source location and target

                location must point to a directory under the working

                copy.

            </para>

            </listitem>

            </varlistentry>

            </variablelist>

        </para>

        <para>

            When documentation entries are removed (e.g., through

            <option>--delete</option> or <option>--rename</option>

            options), the <function>help</function> functionality

            takes care of updating nodes, menus and cross references

            related to documentation entries in order to keep the

            manual structure in a correct state.

        </para>

    </simplesect>

    <simplesect>

    <title>Examples</title>

    <para>

        <variablelist> 

        <varlistentry>

        <term><userinput>centos-art help --edit trunk/Identity</userinput></term>

        <listitem>

        <para>

            This command edits the documentation entry related to

            <filename class="directory">trunk/Identity</filename>

            directory inside the repository working copy.

        </para>

        </listitem>

        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>

        <term><userinput>centos-art help --read trunk/Identity</userinput></term>

        <listitem>

        <para>

            This command reads the documentation entry related to

            <filename class="directory">trunk/Identity</filename>

            directory inside the repository working copy.

        </para>

        </listitem>

        </varlistentry>

        </variablelist> 

    </para>

    </simplesect>

    <simplesect>

        <title>Author</title>

        <para>

            Written by Alain Reguera Delgado.

        </para>

    </simplesect>

    <simplesect>

        <title>Reporting bugs</title>

        <para>

            Report bugs to 

            url="mailto:centos-artwork@centos.org">centos-artwork@centos.org</ulink>

            mailing list.

        </para>

    </simplesect>

    <simplesect>

        <title>Copyright</title>

        <para>

            Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 The CentOS Artwork SIG.

        </para>

        <para>

            This  is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it

            under the terms of the <xref linkend="licenses-gpl"/>.

            There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

        </para>

    </simplesect>

</sect1>