FS_HELP(1)

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💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is FS_HELP(1) from the AFS Command Reference section, and it's literally just fs_help — the little icon whose whole job is displaying help for fs commands. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fs help [-topic <help string>+] [-help]

fs h [-t <help string>+] [-h]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the fs help command pulls up the complete online help entry — that's the short description plus the syntax statement — for every single command operation code you name in the -topic argument. every one. no gatekeeping. 💅

and if you just… don't pass -topic at all? no problem bestie, it still comes through: the output then includes the first line (name and short description) of the online help entry for every fs command. spoiling you fr fr.

ngl if you're trying to find every fs command whose name or short description contains a keyword you're thinking of, that is not this command — go use the fs apropos command for that. different girl, different job. 👑

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • -topic <help string>+ — says which command(s) you want the full online help entry for. pro tip: leave the fs part OFF the command name and just give the operation code by itself (so like, say "setacl", not "fs setacl"). and if you skip this argument entirely, the output gives you a quick little description of every fs command instead. 🫶
  • -help — prints the online help for this command. and listen, all other valid options just get ignored when you use it. bye to them. ✨

👑 OUTPUT 👑

the online help entry for each fs command is made of two or three lines, like this:

  • the first line names the command and gives a tiny description of what it does. ⭐
  • the second line lists the command's aliases, if it has any.
  • the final line, which starts with the string "Usage", lists the command's options in the prescribed order. these online help entries use the exact same symbols (brackets, etc.) as the reference pages in this document, so no surprise formatting jumpscare. 💀

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

this command right here shows the online help entry for the fs setacl command:

% fs help setacl
fs setacl: set access control list
aliases: sa
Usage: fs setacl -dir <directory>+
-acl <access list entries>+ [-clear] [-negative] [-help]

ate. no crumbs. 🔥

💜 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 💜

None. zero. nada. you don't need anything special for this one, she's lowkey free. 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

fs(1), fs_apropos(1)

iykyk, go read those next. 📚

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this documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. it was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. giving credit where credit is due, periodt. 💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🫶 this version came from OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, and it's filed as FS_HELP(1). go forth and fs help your heart out. slay. 💅✨🦋

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