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lister query dest

This command returns the handles of all destination listers.

For example,
        + lister query dest
        > 121963868 

If no matching listers are available the result will be empty and  RC  will
contain the relevant  error code .

You can use the Word() function in ARexx to traverse the list.


lister query dest var <varname>

This is exactly the same as  lister query dest , except that the result
is stored in the variable called  varname  instead of  RESULT .

For example,
        + lister query dest var dest_handles
would return
        dest_handles   = 121963868


lister query dest stem <stemname>

This is exactly the same as  lister query dest , except that the result
is stored in a stem variable whose base-name is  stemname .

For example,
        + lister query dest stem dest_handles
would return
        dest_handles.count     = 1
        dest_handles.0         = 121963868

Note that the stem count will correctly return 0 if there are no
matching listers.

See also:

 lister query all 
 lister query source 


Converted on 04 Nov 1998 with RexxDoesAmigaGuide2HTML 2.2 by Michael Ranner.