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lister query <type>

This command returns the handles of all listers matching  type  in
 RESULT , unless an  error  occurs (for example there are no listers
of the given type).

 type  can be one of the following keywords:-

  all 
  dest 
  source 

You can also return the result in a variable of your choosing instead
of  RESULT , or return the result in a stem variable. Select one of
the types above for more information.


lister query <handle> <item>

This command returns a particular item of information from the specified
lister.  handle  is the handle of the lister in question. All information
is returned in the  RESULT  variable, unless an  error  occurs.

 item  can be one of the following keywords:-

  abort 
  active 
  busy 
  case 
  commentlength 
  dirs 
  entries 
  entry 
  files 
  firstsel 
  flags 
  handler 
  header 
  hide 
  label 
  lock 
  mode 
  namelength 
  numdirs 
  numentries 
  numfiles 
  numseldirs 
  numselentries 
  numselfiles 
  path 
  position 
  proc 
  seldirs 
  selentries 
  selfiles 
  separate 
  show 
  sort 
  title 
  toolbar 
  visible 
  window 

Several of the keywords allow you to return the result in a variable of
your choosing instead of  RESULT , or return the result in a stem
variable. Additionally, some of the keywords take futher arguments.
Select one of the items above for more information.

See also:

 lister set 


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