| Title: | -={ H A C K E R S }=- |
| Notice: | Write locked - see NOTED::HACKERS |
| Moderator: | DIEHRD::MORRIS |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 03 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 680 |
| Total number of notes: | 5456 |
a previous note mentions the peculiarities of truncating
the lexical function f$users to f$u. Here's a different one:
write sys$output f$fao("!%U",f$y("system","name_to_number"))
yields: [1,*]
and
write sys$output f$fao("!%U",f$y("matthews","name_to_number"))
yields: [100,50] which is correct!
and yes, the reverse also works ( using number_to_name ).
Additional note:
Does this warrant a QAR? Or am I being dense and missing something
obvious? This lexical abnormality isn't documented. How do submit a
QAR anyway?
>>>cameron (8-}
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 296.1 | Perhaps SYSTEM Is a Group Identifier | CLOSET::DYER | Define `Quality' | Tue Aug 26 1986 14:52 | 11 |
The first line yields [1,4] on my system (VMS V4.2). It may be that a system manager has defined a SYSTEM identifier on your node, for all users in the [1,*] group. To check, go into AUTHORIZE and try this: UAF> show/id system If it yields [1,*], there's nothing wrong with your lexical. (Another way to check would be to see if your system files have [SYSTEM,<something] as their owners.) <_Jym_> | |||||
| 296.2 | it's the lex name | AIWEST::MATTHEWS | San Diego, Ca. Fightertown, USA | Tue Aug 26 1986 22:11 | 8 |
Jym,
sorry to mislead. I am the system manager. The curious thing
was not the [1,*] but the fact that the lex I used was f$y(...)
and not f$ident(...)...
checked the books and could find no reference to this. what
would the expanded lex name be? ( f$yahoo() maybe? )
>>>cameron
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| 296.3 | F$Y() | VAXUUM::DYER | Define `Quality' | Wed Aug 27 1986 10:28 | 4 |
I didn't even notice that! Checking around, it looks as if F$Y() doesn't expand into anything. Hmm . . . <_Jym_> | |||||