Help Command (Team Foundation Build)
Use the help command to display a help topic that contains detailed information about a specified Team Foundation Build command.
Note
Even if you are logged on with administrative credentials, you must open an elevated Command Prompt to perform this function on a server that is running Windows Server 2008. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as Administrator. For more information, see the Microsoft Web site.
TFSBuild help commandname
Parameters
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
commandname |
Specifies a Team Foundation Build command for which you need to display command-line help. If you do not know which command you need, type TFSBuild help for a list of command-line help. |
Remarks
Calling the help command without a commandname parameter displays a list of all commands in the Command Prompt window together with usage requirements and a brief explanation for each. If you include the commandname parameter, help is displayed for the specific command.
The options /? and /h are aliases for help. If you use the /? or /h option with any Team Foundation Build command, you call the help command, with the command name as the commandname parameter.
Examples
The following example displays a list of all Team Foundation Build commands including a brief explanation of the syntax.
> TFSBuild help
The following example displays detailed information about the start command.
> TFSBuild help start
The following example displays detailed information about the start command.
> TFSBuild start /?