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lister query <handle> seldirs [<separator>]

Returns the names of all selected directories in the lister ( handle ),
surrounded by quotes. If you specify a  separator  character it will be
placed between the quotes, otherwise space is used.

For example, (The quotes are included in the strings)
        + lister query 121132636 seldirs
        > "ENV" "T" 
        + lister query 121132636 seldirs ,
        > "ENV","T" 

You should not rely on the ARexx Word() function to traverse the list
because it does not support quotes and any directory with a space in its
name will cause your script to malfunction. Use a stem variable instead
(see below). 

Note that the empty string will be returned if there are no selected
directories in the lister. In previous versions of Opus 5, however, this
was not the case. 


lister query <handle> seldirs var <varname>

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

For example,
        + lister query 121132636 seldirs var sds
would return
        sds    = '"ENV" "T"'


lister query <handle> seldirs stem <stemname>

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

For example,
        + lister query 121132636 seldirs stem sdirs
would return
        sdirs.count    = 2
        sdirs.0        = ENV
        sdirs.1        = T

Note that the stem count will correctly return 0 if there are no
selected directories.


See also:

 lister query dirs 
 lister query firstsel 
 lister query numdirs 
 lister query numseldirs 
 lister query selentries 
 lister query selfiles 
 lister select 


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