Command-Line Help

The harness allows you to display the command-line interface in the following forms:

Displaying All Information

To display all of the information in command-line help, include -help all at the end of the command line.

> jtharness -help all

See About the Command-Line Examples for a description of the use of > jtharness.

Displaying Topic Information

To display only the command-line help for specific topics, include -help and the name of the topic at the end of the command line.

> jtharness -help topic name

See About the Command-Line Examples for a description of the use of > harness.

The following table lists the available command-line help topics.

Topic Function
Desktop Displays information about the command-line options for starting the harness graphical user interface.
harness Agent Displays information about the command-line options for the harness Agent.
Batch Mode Displays information about the command-line options for running tests in batch mode.
Configuration Displays information about the command-line options for setting up and changing a configuration.
Environment Displays information about the command-line options for adding values into harness environments.
HTTP server Displays information about the command-line options for the harness HTTP server.
Options Displays information about the command-line options accepted on the command line.
Files Displays information about the types of files accepted as command-line arguments.

Display the List of Available Topics

To display the list of help topics provided by command-line help, include -help, -usage, or -? at the end of the command line.

> jtharness -help

See About the Command-Line Examples for a description of the use of > harness.

Searching for Words and Phrases

The harness allows you to search the full command-line help for a specific word or phrase and then displays only the information containing that word or phrase.

To display command-line help information containing a specific word or phrase, include -help and the word or phrase at the end of the command line.

> jtharness -help word or phrase

See About the Command-Line Examples for a description of the use of > jtharness.

Example: > jtharness -help audit test

The console displays the following output:

 Audit     Options for auditing test results
    -audit       [-showEnvValues] [-showMultipleEnvValues]
                    Audit the test results defined
                    in the current configuration
    -showAudit   Show the Audit Manager window

For complete details and examples, see the online help. You can access help directly from the command line with -onlineHelp word, or you can start the JT Harness and use the Help menu.


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