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lister query <handle> selfiles [<separator>]

Returns the names of all selected files 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 selfiles
        > "abc" "Disk.info" 
        + lister query 121132636 selfiles ,
        > "abc","Disk.info" 

You should not rely on the ARexx Word() function to traverse the list
because it does not support quotes and any file 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
files in the lister. In previous versions of Opus 5, however, this was not
the case. 


lister query <handle> selfiles var <varname>

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

For example,
        + lister query 121132636 selfiles var sellyfilles
would return
        sellyfilles    = '"abc" "Disk.info"'


lister query <handle> selfiles stem <stemname>

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

For example,
        + lister query 121132636 selfiles stem sellyfilles
would return
        sellyfilles.count      = 2
        sellyfilles.0          = abc
        sellyfilles.1          = Disk.info

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


See also:

 lister query files 
 lister query firstsel 
 lister query numfiles 
 lister query numselfiles 
 lister query seldirs 
 lister query selentries 
 lister select 


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