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lister query source
This command returns the handles of all source listers.
For example,
+ lister query source
> 121132636 128765412
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 source var <varname>
This is exactly the same as lister query source , except that the result
is stored in the variable called varname instead of RESULT .
For example,
+ lister query source var source_handles
would return
source_handles = "121132636 128765412"
lister query source stem <stemname>
This is exactly the same as lister query source , except that the result
is stored in a stem variable whose base-name is stemname .
For example,
+ lister query source stem source_handles
would return
source_handles.count = 2
source_handles.0 = 121132636
source_handles.1 = 128765412
Note that the stem count will correctly return 0 if there are no
matching listers.
See also:
lister query all
lister query dest
Converted on 04 Nov 1998 with RexxDoesAmigaGuide2HTML 2.2 by Michael Ranner.