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3.7 help

This module is not implemented, and it probably will never be, because it exists to translate the sometimes obscure error messages produced by (genuine) SCCS. These messages come with identifying codes (like “(ge4)”); one might type help ge4 to translate an obscure message into a more readable message detailing what has gone wrong. The problem with this approach is that it results in a program called help on the user’s path. When a naive user types help they are probably not looking for an explanation of an obscure message from SCCS. In fact, help is in any case a shell builtin for GNU Bash. Explanations of any obscure or unusual error messages belong in this manual, and so no sccs-help program is provided or planned.