[Info-vax] Possible bug in OpenVMS 8.3

[David J Dachtera]

"Jeffrey H. Coffield" wrote:
> 
> I found that if you use a lower case string for the SJC$_USERNAME in an
> itemlist for SYS$SNDJBCW the job gets submitted but will not show up
> when you do a "$ SHOW ENTRY/USER=xxx". It does show when you do
> "$ SHOW QUEUE/ALL queuename" and shows the username as lower case.
> 
> This was on OpenVMS 8.3 on Itanium.
> 
> Jeff Coffield
> http://www.digitalsynergyinc.com

That might not be a "bug", as much as a case-sensitivity issue.

"DAVID" != "david"

Hence, trying to do such a match will always fail.

Try:

$ SHOW ENTRY/USER="xxx"

...and see what happens.

D.J.D.