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Q61967: Using /help Option with RM.EXE Displays EXP.EXE Online Help

Article: Q61967
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.01   | 1.01
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_rm s_pwb s_editor docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 17-DEC-1990

The utility program RM.EXE version 1.01 displays the wrong help screen
when invoked with the /help option. The /help parameter is designed to
invoke the Quick Help (QH) utility in order to display the online help
for RM.EXE. Because the wrong utility name was written into the RM.EXE
file, the help screen displayed for RM with /help is the help
information for the EXP utility.

This error is due to a problem in the RM.EXE file, rather than being a
problem in the help files; thus there is no easy way to correct this
problem. To access the correct help information for RM, one of the
following methods may be used:

1. Invoke Quick Help directly. Use RM as the parameter to indicate RM
   as the item on which to find help (for example, type QH RM at the
   DOS or OS/2 prompt).

2. Invoke RM with the /help option (for example, type RM /help at the
   prompt) and when the EXP help screen appears, page down to the
   bottom where there is a link labeled "RM Command." Select this link
   and the RM help screen will be displayed.

3. Help on RM can be accessed from within the Programmer's WorkBench
   (PWB) by selecting "Miscellaneous" on the main Help Contents screen
   (in the box titled Microsoft Utilities), and then selecting "RM
   Command" from the submenu.

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