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You display all the DBM commands that contain a specified character string, or a similar character string, and the descriptions of these commands.

If the output of a DBM command and its description is longer than 80 characters, the system adds line breaks.

Prerequisites

You do not need to log on to the Database Manager as an operator to execute this DBM command.

Structure

apropos <character_string>

Options

Option

Description

<character_string>

Character string

Result

OK

<dbm_command> <description>

Values for the Reply Fields

Value

Description

<dbm_command>

DBM Command

<description>

Description

Example

Call the Database Manager CLI, display all the DBM commands that contain the character string auto:

>dbmcli apropos auto

OK

auto_extend <mode> [<percentage>]

autolog_cancel

autolog_off

autolog_on [<medium>]

autolog_show

autorecover [LOG] [UNTIL <date> <time>] [ ( KEY <key> LABEL

<label> ) | ( IBID <internal_backup_ID> ) ]

auto_update_statistics <mode>