Re: Help Text for Inbuilt Commands in cmd

[Jeff Zaroyko]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Arjun Comar  wrote:
> Added help text for a bunch of the inbuilt commands in cmd. I tried as much
> as possible to stick to the help texts in the windows command prompts, using
> the same wording where possible.
>
> --
> Arjun Comar, Rose-Hulman '12

Hi Arjun

Some feedback:

When it comes to help text, error messages etc, it's not advised to
copy what Windows has verbatim.  An exception would be if there was a
program which relied on it, but in this case I don't think it's
necessary.

The text should be written in your own words.

-Jeff

Help Text for Inbuilt Commands in cmd

[Arjun Comar]

Sorry, busy weekend, wasn't able to respond. Some of the other help texts
(like echo) appeared to be word for word, so I thought that was the desired
format. I'll resubmit the whole thing fixed up. I'll probably leave off most
of the options for each of the commands.

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Jeff Zaroyko  wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Arjun Comar 
> wrote:
> > Added help text for a bunch of the inbuilt commands in cmd. I tried as
>
> much
> > as possible to stick to the help texts in the windows command prompts,
>
> using
> > the same wording where possible.
> >
> > --
> > Arjun Comar, Rose-Hulman '12
>
> Hi Arjun
>
> Some feedback:
>
> When it comes to help text, error messages etc, it's not advised to
> copy what Windows has verbatim.  An exception would be if there was a
> program which relied on it, but in this case I don't think it's
> necessary.
>
> The text should be written in your own words.
>
> -Jeff