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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.